Hidalgo, Illinois Weather
Hidalgo, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hidalgo, Jasper County.
Full aviation weather for Hidalgo is published on the Casey Municipal Airport (K1H8) page, 20 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. 5 airfields within reach of Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo: Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) 35 km · Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO) 38 km · Robinson Municipal Airport (KRSV) 46 km · Olney Noble Airport (KOLY) 48 km
Conditions reported at K1H8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hidalgo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hidalgo.
About Hidalgo, Illinois
Hidalgo lies in a landscape shaped by the patient work of water and earth. It lies 27.2 miles west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 268°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of Greenup. The terrain here rolls with a gentle insistence, a soft topography that hints at the ancient glacial forces that once smoothed these contours. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled green blankets under a sky that often feels vast and unburdened, especially in the late afternoon when the light turns a warm, buttery hue, clinging to the stalks and softening the edges of the distant tree lines. A quiet stillness often settles over Hidalgo, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the rustle of wind through the dry corn husks, a sound that carries the scent of turned soil and the promise of another season. This is a place where the past is not a heavy cloak but a whisper carried on the breeze, a subtle undercurrent to the present. Hidalgo's story is one rooted in the fertile soil, its economy tied to the agricultural cycles that have sustained generations. The land itself, a rich, dark loam, has always been the primary currency, supporting the farming families who are the bedrock of this community. While the broader industrial shifts of the nation may have bypassed Hidalgo, its resilience lies in its connection to the earth and the straightforward labor it demands. There are no grand monuments here, no sprawling universities, but a quiet dignity in the enduring way of life, a steadfastness that can be felt in the very air.
Live animated radar for Hidalgo 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 | Hidalgo, Jasper County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.155873°N, 88.146983°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62432 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hidalgo, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hidalgo, 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 Hidalgo includes coordinates 39.155873°N, 88.146983°W, situated in Jasper County. ZIP code 62432. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
