Boles, Illinois Weather
Boles, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Boles, Johnson County.
Full aviation weather for Boles is published on the Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) page, 34 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 Boles 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 Boles: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 36 km · Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 44 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 46 km · Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 46 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 56 km
Conditions reported at KM30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boles specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boles.
About Boles, Illinois
Boles rests in a landscape shaped by the gentle roll of southern Illinois, where the earth hums with a quiet persistence. It lies 31.3 miles east-north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 74°T), and is situated 4.0 miles west-north-west of Vienna. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of muted greens and browns, stitched together by tree lines that trace the contours of the land. In the summer, the air hangs thick and humid, carrying the scent of sun-baked earth and ripening corn, while the evenings are painted with a soft, diffused light that seems to linger, as if reluctant to surrender to the night. Small woodlands, dense with oak and hickory, punctuate the open spaces, offering cool, shadowed refuge. The history of Boles is intertwined with the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations, a legacy born from the land's bounty and the enduring spirit of its people. For decades, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the harvests and the quiet hum of agricultural enterprise, with family farms dotting the landscape, their weathered barns standing as silent sentinels. While the echoes of earlier, more industrious eras might still whisper on the wind, the present character of Boles is one of quiet resilience, a place where the pace is measured by the turning of the seasons and the simple, honest work that connects its inhabitants to the earth.
Live animated radar for Boles 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.
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| Location | Boles, Johnson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.428653°N, 88.969327°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62995, 62909, 62818 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boles, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boles, 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 Boles includes coordinates 37.428653°N, 88.969327°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 62995, 62909, 62818. 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.
