Macedonia, Illinois Weather
Macedonia, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Macedonia, Hamilton County.
Full aviation weather for Macedonia is published on the Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) page, 21 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 Macedonia 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 Macedonia: Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 30 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 33 km · Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 43 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) 44 km · Carmi Municipal Airport (KCUL) 51 km
Conditions reported at KH96 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Macedonia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Macedonia.
About Macedonia, Illinois
Macedonia unfolds in a quiet embrace of Southern Illinois, where the land gently rolls, a soft hum of green punctuated by stands of mature timber. It lies 44.3 miles west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 275°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-south-west of McLeansboro. The air here carries a faint, earthy sweetness, particularly after a rain, hinting at the rich soil that forms the bedrock of this place. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-cloudy skies, can be surprisingly warm, casting long, defined shadows across the fields and the weathered siding of homes. The sky itself feels vast, an expansive canvas that shifts from the pale blue of morning to the bruised purples and oranges of twilight, a constant, silent witness to the lives lived beneath it. This stretch of Franklin County, where Macedonia resides, carries the ghosts of a more boisterous past, its economy once tied to the deep veins of coal that lay beneath the rolling terrain. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy is etched into the very character of the land, a subtle reminder of the labor and grit that shaped this community. Today, agriculture forms a more peaceful backbone, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, their emerald and gold hues a comforting, familiar sight. Life in Macedonia moves with a deliberate, unhurried grace, a quiet persistence that speaks to a deep-rooted connection to the land and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Macedonia 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 | Macedonia, Hamilton County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.051993°N, 88.705336°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62860 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Macedonia, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Macedonia, 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 Macedonia includes coordinates 38.051993°N, 88.705336°W, situated in Hamilton County. ZIP code 62860. Telephone area code: 618. 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.
