Muddy, Illinois Weather
Muddy, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Muddy, Saline County.
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About Muddy, Illinois
Muddy lies low, a quiet exhale in the southeastern Illinois landscape, where the earth rolls with a gentle, persistent swell. It lies 37.7 miles west-south-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 244°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north-east of Harrisburg. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and the deeper, mineral tang of soil that has known generations of cultivation. Broad fields of soybeans and corn stretch to the horizon, their green and gold banners rippling in the breeze, broken only by the darker, more secretive green of scattered woodlands and the silver glint of slow-moving creeks. The sky above Muddy is a vast, ever-changing canvas, especially at dusk, when hues of bruised plum and molten gold bleed into the deepening blue, casting long, softened shadows across the unassuming houses and weathered barns. Life here moves with the deliberate, unhurried cadence of the seasons, a steady pulse that resonates with the land itself. The history of Muddy is written in the slow erosion of its creeks and the enduring spirit of its people, many of whom have roots stretching back to the early days of farming and coal mining that once shaped this region. Though the deeper veins of coal have long since been tapped, the legacy of those hardworking days still lingers, a quiet strength in the community's character. The local economy, once heavily reliant on the mines and the fertile soil, now finds its footing in agriculture and the steady hum of small businesses that cater to the needs of Muddy and its surrounding hamlets. You won't find grand monuments or bustling tourist traps in Muddy, but there's a profound beauty in its simplicity, in the way the sunlight catches the dust motes dancing in the air of a general store, or the shared nod between neighbors passing on a quiet road, each acknowledging a common understanding of this particular slice of earth.
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| Location | Muddy, Saline County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.765048°N, 88.516717°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62965, 62946 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Muddy, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Muddy, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Muddy includes coordinates 37.765048°N, 88.516717°W, situated in Saline County. ZIP code 62965, 62946. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
