Cave-In-Rock, Illinois Weather
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County.
Full aviation weather for Cave-In-Rock is published on the Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Cave-In-Rock 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 Cave-In-Rock: Sturgis Municipal Airport (KTWT) 20 km · Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) 38 km · Princeton-Caldwell County Airport (K2M0) 48 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 51 km · Kentucky Dam State Park Airport (KM34) 52 km
Conditions reported at KGDA describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cave-In-Rock specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cave-In-Rock.
About Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, surveys the broad sweep of the Ohio River where it bends, a place where the land itself seems to exhale toward the water. It lies 35.8 miles north-east of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 42°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west-south-west of Williams. The terrain here is a rugged embrace of rolling hills giving way to steeper bluffs, cloaked in the dense green of deciduous forests that spill down to the river's edge. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, smoky perfume of wood fires. The dominant feature, the namesake cave, is a gaping maw in the limestone, a dark invitation carved by water and time, a stark contrast to the sun-drenched expanse of the river. Even the light seems to linger here at dusk, softening the sharp edges of the bluffs and casting a molten gold across the water's surface, imbuing the landscape with a quiet, persistent grandeur. For centuries, this particular bend in the Ohio River has been a nexus of human endeavor, its history as layered as the rock formations that define it. Cave-In-Rock itself was once a notorious hideout for river pirates and outlaws, their whispers still seeming to echo in the cool, damp recesses of the cavern, a dramatic counterpoint to the more recent, honest toil of agriculture and small-scale industry that has sustained the people of Hardin County. The local economy, once tied to the river's bounty and the timber harvested from the surrounding hills, now finds its pulse in the quiet routines of its residents, a resilience etched into the very character of Cave-In-Rock. The river remains a constant, a lifeblood and a historic highway, its ceaseless flow a reminder of the passage of generations and the enduring spirit of this place.
Live animated radar for Cave-In-Rock 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 | Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.469217°N, 88.165308°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62919 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cave-In-Rock, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cave-In-Rock, 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 Cave-In-Rock includes coordinates 37.469217°N, 88.165308°W, situated in Hardin County. ZIP code 62919. 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.
