Gorham, Illinois Weather
Gorham, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gorham, Jackson County.
Full aviation weather for Gorham is published on the Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) page, 22 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 Gorham 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 Gorham: Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 31 km · Perryville Regional Airport (KPCD) 37 km · Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 41 km · Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field (KSAR) 51 km · Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) 55 km
Conditions reported at KMDH describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gorham specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gorham.
About Gorham, Illinois
Gorham rests in a quiet pocket of southern Illinois, where the rolling hills begin their gentle ascent toward the Shawnee National Forest. It lies 28.6 miles north of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 4°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-south-west of Murphysboro. The land here is a patient mosaic of cultivated fields, their rich, dark soil yielding to the persistent sun, interspersed with wooded draws and hollows where oak and hickory trees stand sentinel. Creeks, mere silver threads in the summer heat, swell into purposeful streams after the rains, their banks often lined with wild plum and the occasional flash of a cardinal's wing. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the earthy scent of damp soil and ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the very skin, a testament to the agricultural heart of Gorham. The history of Gorham is etched in the persistent spirit of those who have worked this land, a lineage stretching back to early settlers drawn by the fertile ground and the whisper of coal beneath. Though the immediate landscape might suggest a purely agrarian existence, the echoes of mining operations are woven into the local memory and the very terrain, shaping the character of Gorham and its people. The economy, while still rooted in farming, has diversified, with small businesses catering to the needs of the surrounding countryside and providing a steady, if unhurried, livelihood. It's a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, where neighbors know each other by name, and where the quiet persistence of the land is mirrored in the enduring strength of its inhabitants.
Live animated radar for Gorham 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 | Gorham, Jackson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.718384°N, 89.485929°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62940 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gorham, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gorham, 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 Gorham includes coordinates 37.718384°N, 89.485929°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 62940. 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.
