Mill Creek, Illinois Weather
Mill Creek, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mill Creek, Union County.
Full aviation weather for Mill Creek is published on the Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) page, 31 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 Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek: Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) 31 km · Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) 48 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 48 km · Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 50 km · Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 53 km
Conditions reported at KCIR describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mill Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mill Creek.
About Mill Creek, Illinois
Mill Creek unfurls its quiet presence across the rolling terrain of Union County, where the land begins to gather itself into the Ozark foothills. It lies 14.8 miles east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 80°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south of Anna. The landscape here is a soft, verdant tapestry, woven from broadleaf forests and fertile bottomlands that cradle the meandering waterway. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in diffused shafts, illuminating the damp earth and the patient, steady flow of the creek itself, a ribbon of muted silver threading through the deep greens and browns. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, tinged with the faintest hint of woodsmoke and the dampness of decaying leaves, a perfume unique to this particular corner of southern Illinois. The history of Mill Creek is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that fringe its banks, a story shaped by the persistent efforts of those who sought sustenance from its fertile soil. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of Mill Creek, with corn and soybeans stretching across the cleared fields like golden seas under the vast, often humid, summer sky. While the hum of modern machinery now dominates the agricultural soundscape, echoes of earlier times can be felt in the weathered barns and the enduring traditions of neighborly cooperation. The creek itself, once a vital source of power for early gristmills and sawmills, now offers a quieter beauty, a place for contemplation and a reminder of the enduring natural forces that have shaped this enduring locality.
Live animated radar for Mill Creek 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 | Mill Creek, Union County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.341716°N, 89.252582°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62961 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mill Creek, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mill Creek, 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 Mill Creek includes coordinates 37.341716°N, 89.252582°W, situated in Union County. ZIP code 62961. 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.
