Clay City, Illinois Weather
Clay City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clay City, Clay County.
Full aviation weather for Clay City is published on the Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) page, 9 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 Clay City 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 Clay City: Olney Noble Airport (KOLY) 16 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) 35 km · Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) 45 km · Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 53 km · Mount Carmel Municipal Airport (KAJG) 55 km
Conditions reported at KFOA describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clay City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clay City.
About Clay City, Illinois
Clay City breathes a quiet stillness, a place where the horizon stretches with the gentle, rolling expanse of southern Illinois farmland. It lies 50.9 miles south-west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 229°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east of Flora. The air here carries the scent of turned earth and distant woodsmoke, especially as the sun begins its descent, painting the vast sky in hues of bruised plum and fading rose. Fields of corn and soybeans, rippling like a green and gold sea under the vast, open sky, define the immediate landscape, punctuated by the sturdy, practical lines of farmhouses and barns that stand as sentinels against the wind. The land itself feels yielding, a rich loam that has been shaped by generations of cultivation, and in the evening, the silence is broken only by the distant chorus of crickets and the occasional lowing of cattle. The economic lifeblood of Clay City has long been tied to the soil and the resources it yields, a legacy that stretches back to its founding. While agriculture remains a cornerstone, the town has also felt the echoes of a past intertwined with the extraction of minerals, a history that has left its mark on the surrounding terrain and the character of its people. Independent spirit and a deep connection to the land are palpable here, a testament to a community that has weathered economic shifts with resilience. Though no grand monuments grace its streets, the enduring simplicity and the quiet dignity of everyday life in Clay City offer a profound sense of place, a feeling of belonging rooted in the very earth beneath one's feet.
Live animated radar for Clay City 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 | Clay City, Clay County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.688659°N, 88.354212°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62824 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clay City, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clay City, 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 Clay City includes coordinates 38.688659°N, 88.354212°W, situated in Clay County. ZIP code 62824. 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.
