Gladstone, Illinois Weather
Gladstone, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gladstone, Henderson County.
Full aviation weather for Gladstone is published on the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) page, 16 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 Gladstone 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 Gladstone: Monmouth Municipal Airport (KC66) 29 km · Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 38 km · Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG) 45 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 46 km · Mercer County Airport (KC00) 47 km
Conditions reported at KBRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gladstone specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gladstone.
About Gladstone, Illinois
Gladstone rests in a quiet corner of Henderson County, where the land begins to swell and dip with a gentle grace. It lies 31.3 miles west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 260°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-north-east of Burlington. The fields here, a patchwork of corn and soybeans in the summer, are edged by stands of oak and hickory, their leaves a vibrant green that deepens to russet and gold as the year turns. The air itself carries a clean scent, a mix of turned earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening grain. Roads, often lined with the weathered grey of old fence posts, wind between farmsteads, their silos standing sentinel against the vast, ever-present sky that seems to stretch to the very edge of the world. This is a place where the horizon is a constant companion, a broad, sweeping canvas that dictates the rhythm of the days. The history of Gladstone is tied to the fertile soil and the slow, steady currents of the Mississippi River, though the town itself sits a little inland, a place where farmers have long worked the land. Its economy has always been rooted in agriculture, a tradition carried forward by families who have seen generations of harvests come and go. There's a quiet pride in this continuity, a sense of belonging that’s as deep as the rich loam beneath the fields. While no grand monuments mark its past, the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes speak of resilience and a life lived in close communion with the seasons. The general store, still a hub for local gossip and necessities, offers a tangible link to earlier days, a place where the past and present meet over a cup of coffee.
Live animated radar for Gladstone 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 | Gladstone, Henderson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.864483°N, 90.961253°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60630, 61437 |
| Area Code | 312, 773, 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gladstone, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gladstone, 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 Gladstone includes coordinates 40.864483°N, 90.961253°W, situated in Henderson County. ZIP code 60630, 61437. Telephone area code: 312, 773, 815. 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.
