Boulder Hill, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Boulder Hill, Kendall County.
Full aviation weather for Boulder Hill is published on the Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) page, 13 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 Boulder Hill 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 Boulder Hill: Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport (K1C5) 17 km · Dupage Airport (KDPA) 23 km · Lewis University Airport (KLOT) 23 km · Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT) 25 km · Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) 31 km
Conditions reported at KARR describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boulder Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Boulder Hill rises from the flat Illinois prairie, a gentle swell in the land that belies its name. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-east of Oswego, IL (from Oswego, IL: bearing 21°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-south-west of Aurora. Here, the sky feels vast and close, a boundless expanse that sweeps over fields of corn and soybeans, their green stalks whispering in the breeze. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the clean scent of turned earth and distant hay, a fragrance that clings to the skin like fine dust. The terrain, though not dramatic, offers a subtle relief, a place where drainage ditches carve clean lines through the cultivated land and the occasional cluster of mature oak trees offers a brief, dappled shade. The roads here are straight ribbons, cutting across the horizon, leading the eye towards the distant, hazy line where the land meets the sky. The history of Boulder Hill is deeply rooted in the agricultural rhythms of Kendall County, a place built by hands that coaxed sustenance from the rich prairie soil. For generations, farming has been the lifeblood, shaping the landscape and the character of the people who call Boulder Hill home. The economy, while still anchored by agriculture, has seen a slow diversification, with small businesses catering to the surrounding farms and a few entrepreneurial ventures taking root. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions, but rather a quiet contentment, a sense of belonging that comes from being part of a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life and the bonds of community are as strong as the roots of the prairie grasses.
Live animated radar for Boulder Hill 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 | Boulder Hill, Kendall County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.71253°N, 88.336182°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60538 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boulder Hill, 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 Boulder Hill includes coordinates 41.712530°N, 88.336182°W, situated in Kendall County. ZIP code 60538. Telephone area code: 708. 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.