Bloomfield, Illinois Weather
Bloomfield, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bloomfield, Scott County.
Full aviation weather for Bloomfield is published on the Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) page, 19 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Bloomfield have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bloomfield: Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 30 km · Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 38 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 43 km · Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPPQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bloomfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bloomfield.
About Bloomfield, Illinois
Bloomfield rests in the broad embrace of western Illinois, where the land gently rolls, preparing to funnel into the wider Illinois River valley. It lies 49.4 miles east-south-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 113°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west-north-west of Winchester. Here, the sky feels vast, a canvas for clouds that drift with an unhurried grace, their shadows painting fleeting patterns across fields of corn and soybean that stretch towards the horizon. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of tilled soil and ripening grain, a perfume that clings to the weathered clapboard of houses and the stoic, silent silos. The scattered trees, mostly sturdy oaks and maples, stand as sentinels, their leaves rustling with a hushed murmur that seems to echo the quiet pulse of life in Bloomfield. This is a place where the past is not so much buried as it is quietly present, a subtle undercurrent beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, still largely tied to the fertile soil that defines the surrounding landscape, sees the daily comings and goings of tractors and grain trucks as a familiar rhythm. The history of Bloomfield is etched in the grain of its oldest buildings, remnants of a time when agriculture was the undisputed king and the nearby river, though not directly touching Bloomfield, was the lifeblood of commerce. While grand monuments are few, the enduring spirit of self-reliance and the deep connection to the land are the true distinctive features of this enduring corner of Scott County.
Live animated radar for Bloomfield and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Bloomfield, Scott County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.651991°N, 90.556237°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62995, 61924, 62694, 62305 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bloomfield, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bloomfield, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bloomfield includes coordinates 39.651991°N, 90.556237°W, situated in Scott County. ZIP code 62995, 61924, 62694, 62305. Telephone area code: 217. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
