Crainville, Illinois Weather
Crainville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crainville, Williamson County.
Full aviation weather for Crainville is published on the Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) page, 4 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 Crainville 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 Crainville: Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 16 km · Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 31 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 36 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 46 km
Conditions reported at KMWA describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crainville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crainville.
About Crainville, Illinois
Crainville settles into the rolling terrain of Williamson County, where the land itself seems to sigh with the gentle descent of hills and the broad, open sweep of fields. It lies 39.5 miles north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 39°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-north-east of Carbondale. Here, the sky feels vast, a canvas for the slow drift of clouds that often promise rain or hold the hushed beauty of a coming sunset. The air carries the clean, earthy scent of freshly tilled soil and the distant murmur of wind rustling through the mature oak and hickory trees that punctuate the landscape. Roads, often unpaved, wind between these wooded pockets and agricultural expanses, their dust rising in soft plumes under the tires of passing trucks. It’s a place where the horizon feels both close and infinitely far, a constant invitation to look just a little further. The history of Crainville is deeply entwined with the land and the resources it offered, particularly coal, which once fueled a robust local economy and drew families seeking work. Though the deep mines are largely silent now, their legacy remains in the sturdy character of the people and the quiet resilience of the community. The agricultural heritage persists, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching under the same sun that warmed generations past. Local life moves at a cadence dictated by the seasons and the steady pulse of everyday needs, a far cry from the hurried pace of larger cities. While no grand monuments draw throngs, the simple beauty of a farmhouse silhouetted against the twilight sky or the shared camaraderie at the local gathering spot holds its own quiet significance.
Live animated radar for Crainville 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 | Crainville, Williamson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.751994°N, 89.067854°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62918 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crainville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crainville, 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 Crainville includes coordinates 37.751994°N, 89.067854°W, situated in Williamson County. ZIP code 62918. 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.
