Latham, Illinois Weather
Latham, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Latham, Logan County.
Full aviation weather for Latham is published on the Logan County Airport (KAAA) page, 26 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 Latham 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 Latham: Decatur Airport (KDEC) 29 km · Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) 46 km · Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) 50 km
Conditions reported at KAAA describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Latham specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Latham.
About Latham, Illinois
Latham sits under a sky that stretches wide, a generous canvas painted with the subtle hues of prairie light. It lies 14.1 miles north-west of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 309°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-north-west of Harristown. The land here is mostly flat, a gentle swell of cultivated fields that ripple towards the horizon, broken only by the occasional stand of trees that offer brief, dark punctuation marks against the endless green and gold. The air, especially in the hush of late afternoon, carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked earth and ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to everything with a quiet persistence. Even the buildings, often simple and sturdy, seem to absorb this open-air essence, their wooden siding weathered by seasons of sun and wind, reflecting the unvarnished character of the place. The history of Latham is tied to the fertile soil it commands, a legacy of farming that has shaped its very existence. This was a land dreamed of by settlers seeking prosperity in the rich loam, and that agricultural spirit remains the lifeblood of Latham, a constant hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, deeply rooted in the bounty of the land, thrives on the cultivation of crops that feed the nation, a steady, predictable rhythm that governs the town's pace. While grand monuments are absent, a more profound beauty resides in the quiet dignity of its working landscape and the enduring connection its people share with the enduring cycles of planting and harvest, a testament to a life lived in close communion with the earth.
Live animated radar for Latham 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 | Latham, Logan County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.968652°N, 89.162309°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62543 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Latham, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Latham, 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 Latham includes coordinates 39.968652°N, 89.162309°W, situated in Logan County. ZIP code 62543. 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.
