Bush, Illinois Weather
Bush, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bush, Williamson County.
Full aviation weather for Bush is published on the Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 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 Bush 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 Bush: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 14 km · Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 25 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 25 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 51 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMDH describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bush specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bush.
About Bush, Illinois
Bush slumbers in a fold of Williamson County, where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise towards the Shawnee National Forest. It lies 42.8 miles north-north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 30°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-north-east of Carbondale. The terrain here is a gentle heave and sigh of hills, cloaked in the deep green of mixed hardwoods and pines, their crowns catching the slanting light of late afternoon. Creeks, thin and secretive, thread their way through the undergrowth, their banks often softened by moss and the fallen leaves of seasons past. The air, especially after a rain, carries the damp, earthy scent of disturbed soil and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle clinging to weathered fences. Life in Bush moves with the quiet deliberation of the surrounding landscape, a place where the horizon feels close and the sky, when it opens above the trees, is a vast, cerulean expanse. The story of Bush is tied to the earth’s dark bounty, its past echoing with the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine carts. Coal was king here, shaping the lives and livelihoods of generations who worked the seams beneath the rolling hills, a legacy that still whispers through the quiet streets and the sturdy, unpretentious homes. While the deepest shafts have long since been silenced, the spirit of honest labor and community resilience remains. The local economy, now more diversified, still draws strength from the land, with agriculture finding purchase in the fertile hollows and smaller businesses serving the steady needs of its residents. It’s a place where the past is not forgotten, but rather a quiet undertow beneath the present, a reminder of the grit and determination that forged Bush into what it is today.
Live animated radar for Bush 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 | Bush, Williamson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.843384°N, 89.13119°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62924 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bush, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bush, 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 Bush includes coordinates 37.843384°N, 89.131190°W, situated in Williamson County. ZIP code 62924. 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.
