Bluford, Illinois Weather
Bluford, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bluford, Jefferson County.
Full aviation weather for Bluford is published on the Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) page, 12 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. 6 airfields within reach of Bluford 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 Bluford: Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) 28 km · Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL) 38 km · Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 40 km · Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 40 km · Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) 44 km
Conditions reported at KMVN describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bluford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bluford.
About Bluford, Illinois
Bluford lies in a land of broad, cultivated fields that stretch towards a horizon often softened by a hazy, humid air. It lies 50.6 miles west-north-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 297°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east of Mount Vernon. The terrain here is gently rolling, a subtle rise and fall that hints at the underlying bedrock and the patient work of water over millennia. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching wide, punctuate the landscape, offering shade and a sense of enduring presence. The roads are straight lines across the land, connecting farmsteads and the quiet heart of the village, a place where the summer sun can feel immense and the winter wind can blow with an honest, unvarnished force. The story of Bluford is written in the earth and the enduring spirit of its people, a history deeply tied to the agricultural bounty of Jefferson County. For generations, the land has yielded corn and soybeans, a steady rhythm of planting and harvest that underpins the local economy. Coal mining, though less dominant now, left its mark, a reminder of the resourcefulness that has always characterized this region. The nearby Rend Lake offers a broader canvas for recreation, a place where the quiet expanse of water reflects the vast Illinois sky, and where the echoes of past industries can be heard in the rustle of the reeds, a subtle testament to the enduring resilience of Bluford.
Live animated radar for Bluford 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 | Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.330882°N, 88.725891°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62814 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bluford, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bluford, 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 Bluford includes coordinates 38.330882°N, 88.725891°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 62814. Telephone area code: 618. 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.
