New Minden, Illinois Weather
New Minden, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Minden, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for New Minden is published on the Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL) page, 26 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 New Minden 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 New Minden: Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 42 km · Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (KBLV) 42 km · Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field (KSAR) 43 km · Greenville Airport (KGRE) 44 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 46 km
Conditions reported at KENL describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Minden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Minden.
About New Minden, Illinois
New Minden lies in the heart of rolling farmland, where the land begins its slow, deliberate descent towards the Kaskaskia River. It lies 31.0 miles east-south-east of O Fallon, IL (from O Fallon, IL: bearing 109°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north of Nashville. The fields, a patchwork of ripening corn and soybeans, stretch out under a sky that often feels impossibly vast, painted with the soft, diffused light characteristic of the Midwest. Here, the air carries the mingled scents of fertile soil, cut grass, and, on occasion, the distant sweetness of blooming clover. The houses, mostly modest and well-kept, are scattered across the landscape, their porches offering quiet vantage points to watch the sun dip below the horizon, casting long, painterly shadows that stretch and deepen across the fields. This is a place where the land dictates the rhythm of life, its contours shaping not just the fields but the very character of the settlement. The history of New Minden is deeply entwined with the hardy German immigrants who first carved their livelihoods from this fertile ground in the mid-19th century. Their legacy is still visible in the enduring strength of the local Lutheran church, a cornerstone of the community, and in the quiet diligence that continues to define its inhabitants. The local economy remains firmly rooted in agriculture, with generations of families tending the same plots of land, their lives dictated by the cycles of planting and harvest. While larger industries have largely bypassed this quiet corner of Washington County, the land itself provides a steady, dependable sustenance. The simple beauty of the landscape, the muted greens and golds of the cultivated fields, and the profound stillness that settles over New Minden as dusk approaches, speak to a resilience and an enduring connection to the earth that has shaped this place for over a century.
Live animated radar for New Minden 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 | New Minden, Washington County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.441439°N, 89.37036°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62263 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Minden, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Minden, 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 New Minden includes coordinates 38.441439°N, 89.370360°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 62263. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
