Lomax, Illinois Weather
Lomax, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lomax, Henderson County.
Full aviation weather for Lomax is published on the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) page, 12 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 Lomax 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 Lomax: Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 22 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 39 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 40 km · Monmouth Municipal Airport (KC66) 46 km · Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) 47 km
Conditions reported at KBRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lomax specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lomax.
About Lomax, Illinois
Lomax rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent hand of water and wind, where the earth swells and recedes in broad, patient strokes. It lies 41.1 miles west-south-west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 243°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-south-east of Burlington. The Illinois River, a broad, indifferent artery, lies a considerable distance to the east, but its influence is felt in the broad, fertile plains that stretch out from Lomax, a testament to millennia of sediment deposition. Here, the sky feels immense, a canvas of shifting blues and greys that stretch to horizons punctuated by the dark, stoic silhouettes of distant woodlands. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a damp, earthy scent, a blend of freshly turned soil and the faint, sweet decay of summer's bounty. The land itself, rich and dark, yields readily to cultivation, its surface a patchwork of emerald cornfields and golden soybean stretches under the wide, watchful eye of the sun. The history of Lomax is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of agriculture, the backbone of this region since its early days. Settlers, drawn by the promise of this fertile earth, established communities like Lomax, their lives intertwined with the cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, then as now, was tethered to the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the flow of produce that once moved by rail and now by truck, feeding distant markets. While the railroad that once served Lomax has long since faded into memory, its ghost lingers in the straight, unassuming lines of the roads that trace its former path. The character of Lomax is one of quiet resilience, a place where neighbors know each other by the turn of the seasons and the readiness of their crops, a gentle ebb and flow of life dictated by the land and the sky above.
Live animated radar for Lomax 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 | Lomax, Henderson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.67893°N, 91.072921°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61454 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lomax, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lomax, 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 Lomax includes coordinates 40.678930°N, 91.072921°W, situated in Henderson County. ZIP code 61454. Telephone area code: 815. 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.
