Gulfport, Illinois Weather
Gulfport, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gulfport, Henderson County.
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About Gulfport, Illinois
Gulfport sits where the land begins to sag a little, a gentle dip before the broad, patient flow of the Mississippi River. It lies 38.5 miles west-south-west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 256°T), and is situated 1.5 miles east-north-east of Burlington. Here, the terrain is a study in subtle curves, where fields of corn and soybeans unfurl in broad, green swathes, punctuated by stands of cottonwood and oak that mark the occasional, low-lying hollow. The air itself carries a certain weight, thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant, earthy aroma of agricultural life, especially potent in the humid embrace of summer. Evenings here can be a spectacle of light, the sky bleeding from a pale, washed-out blue into bruised purples and fiery oranges, casting long, softened shadows across the cultivated landscape. The history of Gulfport is inextricably bound to the great river that shapes its western edge, a waterway that has always been both a highway and a formidable barrier. For generations, this was a place of riverboats, of loading and unloading, the pulse of commerce beating in time with the churning water. While the grander steamboat era has faded, the spirit of the river persists in the local economy, still tied to agriculture and the transport of goods along its watery arteries, though now with more modern vessels. The quiet hum of tractors in the distance is a more common soundtrack than the calliope's wail, a testament to the enduring connection between the land and its people, a steady, unassuming existence lived out under the wide Illinois sky.
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| Location | Gulfport, Henderson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.813928°N, 91.086256°W |
| Timezone | Central Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61425 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gulfport, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gulfport, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Gulfport includes coordinates 40.813928°N, 91.086256°W, situated in Henderson County. ZIP code 61425. Telephone area code: 815. Timezone: Central Time.
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
