Mill Shoals, Illinois Weather
Mill Shoals, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mill Shoals, White County.
Full aviation weather for Mill Shoals is published on the Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) page, 16 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 Shoals 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 Shoals: Carmi Municipal Airport (KCUL) 26 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 46 km · Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) 47 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 52 km · Olney Noble Airport (KOLY) 55 km
Conditions reported at KFWC describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mill Shoals specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mill Shoals.
About Mill Shoals, Illinois
Mill Shoals rests in a landscape sculpted by ancient waters, where the rolling hills of White County gently yield to the broad embrace of the Wabash River. It lies 29.9 miles north-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 305°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south of Fairfield. Here, the air carries the scent of damp earth and ripening corn, a subtle perfume that intensifies as the sun dips below the horizon, casting long, striated shadows across fields of soybeans and wheat. The land itself seems to breathe, a vast, verdant lung exhaling the quietude of rural existence. The Wabash, a broad, indifferent artery, flows with a timeless purpose, its muddy currents reflecting the bruised hues of twilight. The occasional hawk, a dark, keen eye against the fading blue, surveys its domain from a lofty perch, mirroring the watchful stillness that pervades the very character of Mill Shoals. The story of Mill Shoals is entwined with the fertile soil and the river’s generous, yet sometimes unforgiving, nature. For generations, agriculture has been the bedrock of its economy, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life. Though the grand mills that once gave the settlement its name may have long since yielded to time, the spirit of industry persists in the quiet hum of tractors and the steady work of those who tend the land. The Wabash, a highway of commerce in earlier days, still offers its bounty, its banks a place of gathering and recreation, where the practicalities of life give way to the simple joys of a fishing line cast into the slow-moving water. There are no grand monuments here, no clamorous universities, but in the weathered faces of its people and the enduring strength of its agricultural roots, Mill Shoals holds a quiet, unpretentious dignity.
Live animated radar for Mill Shoals 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 | Mill Shoals, White County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.248659°N, 88.346712°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62862 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mill Shoals, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mill Shoals, 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 Shoals includes coordinates 38.248659°N, 88.346712°W, situated in White County. ZIP code 62862. 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.
