Keenes, Illinois Weather
Keenes, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Keenes, Wayne County.
Full aviation weather for Keenes is published on the Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) page, 19 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 Keenes 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 Keenes: Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) 21 km · Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) 40 km · Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL) 44 km · Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 44 km · Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 45 km
Conditions reported at KMVN describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Keenes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Keenes.
About Keenes, Illinois
Keenes rests in a landscape of gentle, rolling farmland, where the rich, dark earth yields to the persistent hand of agriculture. It lies 46.8 miles west-north-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 300°T), and is situated 3.0 miles west of Wayne City. The horizon is a soft, hazy line, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a lone oak or a cluster of wind-battered pines standing sentinel over fields of corn and soybeans. After a summer rain, the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of damp soil and the distant hum of cicadas, a sound that seems to permeate the very stillness of the afternoon. It is a place where the sky feels vast, its changing moods a constant companion to the quiet lives lived out beneath it, from the sharp clarity of a winter dawn to the bruised purples and oranges of a prairie sunset. The story of Keenes is written in the quiet industry of its people and the fertile ground they cultivate. For generations, this corner of Wayne County has been defined by its agricultural roots, a heritage that continues to shape its economy, with farms stretching as far as the eye can see, their bounty a testament to the earth's generosity and the farmer's toil. The echoes of earlier times, when horse-drawn plows turned the soil and the nearest neighbor was a day's journey, can still be felt in the unhurried pace of life. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the enduring spirit of Keenes is found in the steady rhythm of its days, a quiet resilience etched into the very character of the land.
Live animated radar for Keenes 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 | Keenes, Wayne County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.338104°N, 88.643111°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62851 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Keenes, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Keenes, 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 Keenes includes coordinates 38.338104°N, 88.643111°W, situated in Wayne County. ZIP code 62851. 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.
