Carrier Mills, Illinois Weather
Carrier Mills, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Carrier Mills, Saline County.
Full aviation weather for Carrier Mills is published on the Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) page, 16 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. 5 airfields within reach of Carrier Mills 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 Carrier Mills: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 35 km · Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 45 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 55 km · Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) 57 km
Conditions reported at KHSB describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Carrier Mills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Carrier Mills, Illinois
Carrier Mills unfolds onto a landscape shaped by water and earth, a place where the Saline River, a ribbon of quiet persistence, meanders through fields of soybeans and corn that stretch towards a horizon often softened by the haze of summer. It lies 41.6 miles north of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 358°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south-west of Harrisburg. The terrain here is gently rolling, not the dramatic swell of true hills, but a subtle undulation that hints at the underlying geology and the long, slow work of erosion. In the early morning, a mist often clings to the low-lying areas, a pearly veil that softens the edges of the world and lends a hushed reverence to the waking hours. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, damp scent of turned soil and the faint, sweet perfume of wild clover, a fragrance that seems to rise directly from the generous earth. The story of Carrier Mills is deeply entwined with the resources drawn from this very earth, most notably coal, which once pulsed through its veins, fueling a robust mining economy that shaped its early character. The echoes of that industrial past are still felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its older buildings and in the resilient spirit of its people, many of whom trace their lineage back to those who worked the seams. While the intense mining operations have largely subsided, agriculture remains a vital thread in the economic fabric, with the fertile bottomlands supporting a bounty of crops. The Saline River itself, though not a grand thoroughfare, provides a sense of place and a quiet beauty, its banks a haven for local wildlife and a constant, murmuring presence in the lives of those who call Carrier Mills home.
Live animated radar for Carrier Mills 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 | Carrier Mills, Saline County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.684216°N, 88.632833°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62917 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Carrier Mills, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carrier Mills, 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 Carrier Mills includes coordinates 37.684216°N, 88.632833°W, situated in Saline County. ZIP code 62917. 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.
