Smithboro, Illinois Weather
Smithboro, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Smithboro, Bond County.
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About Smithboro, Illinois
Smithboro rests on a gentle swell of land, a place where the horizon feels vast and the sky a boundless canvas. It lies 33.5 miles east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 80°T), and is situated 3.9 miles east of Greenville. The earth here is a rich, dark loam, yielding to the plow in broad, fertile fields that stretch towards the distant tree lines. In the quiet mornings, a soft mist often rises from these fields, clinging to the low-lying areas like a lingering breath before the sun burns it away. The air, especially after a spring rain, carries the clean scent of damp soil and growing things, a subtle perfume that speaks of the land's enduring generosity. The houses of Smithboro are modest, their porches often occupied by residents watching the slow procession of days, their gazes accustomed to the open expanse. The history of Smithboro is deeply entwined with the agricultural heartland it inhabits. Its economy has long been shaped by the bounty of the surrounding farms, where corn and soybeans form the primary currency of the landscape. While the echoes of earlier industries might be faint, the enduring spirit of the place is one of quiet resilience and community. The nearby waterways, though not grand rivers, offer their own subtle beauty and provide a vital lifeline for the ecosystem, their banks often fringed with willows and wild grasses. The character of Smithboro is one of understated persistence, a place where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the steady work of the land, a place that holds its stories close.
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| Location | Smithboro, Bond County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.896158°N, 89.340632°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62284 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Smithboro, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smithboro, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Smithboro includes coordinates 38.896158°N, 89.340632°W, situated in Bond County. ZIP code 62284. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
