Hamburg, Illinois Weather
Hamburg, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hamburg, Bond County.
Full aviation weather for Hamburg is published on the Greenville Airport (KGRE) page, 9 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. 4 airfields within reach of Hamburg 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 Hamburg: Vandalia Municipal Airport (KVLA) 17 km · Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 37 km · Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL) 42 km
Conditions reported at KGRE describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hamburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hamburg.
About Hamburg, Illinois
Hamburg, Illinois, rests in a broad, sun-drenched expanse where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the haze of late summer. It lies 36.7 miles east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 84°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-south-east of Greenville. The land itself, a rich, dark loam, holds the memory of ancient seas, now giving way to the gentle swell of the Illinois landscape, a subtle topography that encourages the eye to wander. Occasional stands of oak and hickory break the uniformity of the cultivated acres, their leaves rustling a dry, papery song in the persistent breeze, and the air, especially in the early morning, carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and ripening grain. Even the sky seems larger here, a vast canvas of cerulean that deepens to indigo as dusk approaches, painting the distant tree lines with strokes of fiery orange and muted rose. The history of Hamburg is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet resilience of its people and the enduring rhythm of its agricultural heart. This patch of Bond County has always been tied to the land, its early settlers drawn by the fertile soil, carving out a life from the prairie's generous, if sometimes unforgiving, bounty. The local economy, still largely driven by the cultivation of crops that have sustained generations, feels the steady hum of tractors in the fields and the low murmur of conversation at the grain elevator. While no grand universities or famous figures claim Hamburg as their sole domain, the town possesses a distinct character, a quiet self-sufficiency born from decades of collective effort, where the changing seasons dictate the pace of life and the shared experience of the harvest binds its residents.
Live animated radar for Hamburg 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 | Hamburg, Bond County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.866158°N, 89.274796°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62262, 62045 |
| Area Code | 217, 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hamburg, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hamburg, 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 Hamburg includes coordinates 38.866158°N, 89.274796°W, situated in Bond County. ZIP code 62262, 62045. Telephone area code: 217, 309. 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.
