Mulkeytown, Illinois Weather
Mulkeytown, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mulkeytown, Franklin County.
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About Mulkeytown, Illinois
Mulkeytown rests low in the broad folds of southern Illinois, a place where the land has settled into a comfortable, unassuming posture. It lies 51.1 miles north-north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 26°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Du Quoin. The terrain here is a soft, rolling tapestry of fields, often etched with the dark, rich loam that speaks of generations of cultivation, and punctuated by stands of mature oak and maple trees that hold their leafy secrets close. In the quiet mornings, a mist often rises from these low-lying areas, softening the edges of barns and fences, and lending the air a cool, earthy perfume that carries the scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke. The sky above Mulkeytown feels vast, an expansive canvas that shifts through a spectrum of blues and grays with the passing of weather fronts, and at dusk, it often ignites in hues of apricot and rose, a fleeting, breathtaking farewell to the day. This corner of Franklin County carries the deep, resonant echo of its past, particularly its long and arduous connection to the coal mining industry that once defined its very being. The landscape, though now largely reclaimed by agriculture and the patient growth of nature, still bears subtle imprints of that era; old mine shafts, now overgrown and softened, hint at the subterranean world that once sustained Mulkeytown. The local economy, while diversified, still feels the residual hum of that industrial heritage, a quiet resilience that pervades the rhythm of daily life. The few, well-worn roads that connect Mulkeytown to its neighbors are arteries that carry the steady, unhurried flow of local traffic – the rumble of tractors, the occasional pickup truck, the quiet hum of a town that has learned to draw strength from its roots and the enduring spirit of its people.
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| Location | Mulkeytown, Franklin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.970884°N, 89.111466°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62865 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mulkeytown, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mulkeytown, 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 Mulkeytown includes coordinates 37.970884°N, 89.111466°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 62865. 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.
