Burnt Prairie, Illinois Weather
Burnt Prairie, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burnt Prairie, White County.
Full aviation weather for Burnt Prairie is published on the Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) page, 19 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 Burnt Prairie 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 Burnt Prairie: Carmi Municipal Airport (KCUL) 22 km · Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) 49 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 53 km · Olney Noble Airport (KOLY) 53 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 55 km
Conditions reported at KFWC describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burnt Prairie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burnt Prairie.
About Burnt Prairie, Illinois
Burnt Prairie rests in a broad, flat expanse, where the horizon seems to stretch endlessly under a sky that can shift from the washed-out blues of high summer to the bruised purples of an approaching storm. It lies 26.4 miles north-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 311°T), and is situated 12.4 miles north-north-west of Carmi. The land itself, a quilt of cultivated fields and scattered woodlands, breathes a quiet, sun-baked resilience. Fields of corn and soybeans ripple in the breeze, their green and gold a vibrant counterpoint to the deep, dark loam that holds them. Along the edges of these vast agricultural canvases, the trees stand stoic, their leaves a rustling murmur against the persistent hum of insects. Here, the air carries the scent of turned earth and ripening grain, a perfume as intrinsic to Burnt Prairie as the open sky. The history of Burnt Prairie is etched not in grand monuments, but in the slow, steady pulse of agriculture and the quiet tenacity of its people. For generations, the rich soil has been the lifeblood of this place, yielding harvests that have sustained families and nourished communities far beyond its immediate borders. The local economy, rooted deeply in the land, still turns on the cycles of planting and reaping, a rhythm that dictates the pace of life. Though no grand rivers carve through Burnt Prairie, the subtle veins of smaller waterways carry the runoff, whispering secrets of the land’s enduring fertility. The character of Burnt Prairie is one of unassuming strength, a place where the simple act of coaxing life from the earth is a profound and ongoing endeavor.
Live animated radar for Burnt Prairie 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 | Burnt Prairie, White County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.251714°N, 88.261432°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62820 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Burnt Prairie, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burnt Prairie, 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 Burnt Prairie includes coordinates 38.251714°N, 88.261432°W, situated in White County. ZIP code 62820. 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.
