Frankfort, Illinois Weather
Frankfort, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Frankfort, Franklin County.
Full aviation weather for Frankfort 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 Frankfort 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 Frankfort: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 19 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 32 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 34 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 41 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 47 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 Frankfort specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Frankfort.
About Frankfort, Illinois
Frankfort rests in a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where broad fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward horizons softened by the humid haze of Southern Illinois. It lies 53.1 miles north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 39°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-east of Herrin. The air here, especially in the deep green of summer, carries the sweet, earthy scent of freshly turned soil and distant mown hay, a perfume that clings to the skin long after one has left the open country. Scattered woodlands, thick with oak and maple, punctuate the agricultural expanse, their dense canopies offering a cool, dappled shade that shifts with the slow passage of the sun. It’s a place where the sky feels vast, a canvas for cloud formations that drift with an unhurried grace, and where the quiet hum of cicadas forms the persistent soundtrack to the day. The story of Frankfort is one etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the land that sustains them. For generations, coal mining was the lifeblood of this region, its deep seams dictating the rhythm of life and shaping the very character of the community, a history that still whispers in the stoic faces and the quiet resilience of its residents. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the legacy of hard work and close-knit community persists, finding new expression in the local businesses that line Main Street, from the hardware store with its worn wooden floors to the diner where coffee is always brewing. The nearby Rend Lake, a vast reservoir of shimmering blue, offers a different kind of bounty, drawing visitors for recreation and providing a tranquil counterpoint to the town's industrious past.
Live animated radar for Frankfort 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 | Frankfort, Franklin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.90005°N, 88.90229°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62896, 60423 |
| Area Code | 618, 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Frankfort, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Frankfort, 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 Frankfort includes coordinates 37.900050°N, 88.902290°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 62896, 60423. Telephone area code: 618, 708. 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.
