Buffalo Hart, Illinois Weather
Buffalo Hart, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buffalo Hart, Sangamon County.
Full aviation weather for Buffalo Hart is published on the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) page, 21 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 Buffalo Hart 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 Buffalo Hart: Logan County Airport (KAAA) 29 km · Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) 44 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 50 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 60 km
Conditions reported at KSPI describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Buffalo Hart specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Buffalo Hart.
About Buffalo Hart, Illinois
Buffalo Hart lies as a quiet exhale on the Sangamon County prairie, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 13.0 miles north-east of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 53°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east of Sherman. Rolling fields of corn and soybeans stretch to a horizon that feels impossibly vast, broken only by the occasional cluster of stately oaks and maples that stand sentinel along the faint, winding roads. The air here carries the clean, sharp scent of turned earth and, in the summer months, the sweet, heavy perfume of ripening crops, a fragrance that clings to the skin like a second skin. In the late afternoon, the sun dips low, painting the sky in bruised purples and fiery oranges, casting long, skeletal shadows from the fence posts and silos that dot the landscape. The history of Buffalo Hart is etched into its very soil, a story of hardy settlers drawn to the fertile ground in the 19th century. The local economy, like much of this region, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with generations of families tending the same fields that their ancestors first broke. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest, the quiet camaraderie at the local grain elevator, and the sturdy, unpretentious farmhouses speak volumes. The closest echoes of a larger world arrive on the infrequent rumble of a freight train passing through, a distant reminder of the connections that bind this quiet corner of Illinois to the wider currents of commerce and human endeavor.
Live animated radar for Buffalo Hart 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 | Buffalo Hart, Sangamon County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.913937°N, 89.447596°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62515, 62518 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buffalo Hart, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buffalo Hart, 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 Buffalo Hart includes coordinates 39.913937°N, 89.447596°W, situated in Sangamon County. ZIP code 62515, 62518. 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.
