Ewing, Illinois Weather
Ewing, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ewing, Franklin County.
Full aviation weather for Ewing is published on the Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) page, 12 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 Ewing 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 Ewing: Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 26 km · Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 40 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 41 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 46 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 49 km
Conditions reported at KH96 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ewing specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ewing.
About Ewing, Illinois
Ewing rests gently in the southern Illinois landscape, a quiet settlement where the earth rolls with the soft, persistent grace of ancient hills. It lies 52.5 miles west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 277°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-north-east of Benton. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, damp scent of turned soil and the distant, sweet perfume of honeysuckle vines that cling to weathered fences. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their orderly rows a testament to human hands working in concert with the sun and the sky, their stalks rustling with a dry whisper when the wind stirs. Scattered woodlands, mostly oak and hickory, break the expanse, their shadows deepening as the afternoon wanes, offering a cool respite from the broad, open sky that seems to hold dominion over all. The story of Ewing is one tied to the rich, dark earth and the quiet persistence of those who have made their lives here. Once, the rumble of coal trains was a more constant sound, the legacy of a subterranean industry that shaped the fortunes and the very character of many communities like Ewing. Though those days have largely passed, the land retains its agricultural heart, with farmers continuing the tradition of coaxing sustenance from its fertile ground. The local economy, while modest, finds its strength in this enduring connection to the soil, a rhythm dictated by the seasons rather than the hurried pulse of larger cities. Ewing remains a place where the enduring spirit of rural life is not just preserved, but quietly lived.
Live animated radar for Ewing 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 | Ewing, Franklin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.08866°N, 88.852287°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62836 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ewing, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ewing, 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 Ewing includes coordinates 38.088660°N, 88.852287°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 62836. 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.
