Raleigh, Illinois Weather
Raleigh, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Raleigh, Saline County.
Full aviation weather for Raleigh is published on the Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) page, 2 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. 4 airfields within reach of Raleigh 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 Raleigh: Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 41 km · Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 43 km · Carmi Municipal Airport (KCUL) 46 km
Conditions reported at KHSB describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Raleigh specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Raleigh.
About Raleigh, Illinois
Raleigh settles into the rolling terrain of southern Illinois, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards a sky often painted in hues of bruised purple and soft apricot as day surrenders to evening. It lies 36.8 miles west-south-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 251°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north of Harrisburg. The land, a gentle rise and fall of fertile soil, is crisscrossed by the quiet arteries of country roads, each leading through stands of oak and hickory that whisper secrets of the changing seasons. The air itself carries the scent of damp earth and growing things, a constant, earthy perfume that clings to the small clusters of homes and the skeletal remains of older structures. Even in the midday sun, a certain softness pervades, a quietude that suggests a deep connection to the land and its predictable, unhurried cycles. The history of Raleigh is bound to the earth, a story etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent cultivation of its soil and the echoes of a bygone mining era. Once a hub for coal extraction, the landscape still bears subtle scars, remnants of an industry that once fueled its growth and shaped its destiny. Now, the economy leans more towards agriculture, the broad fields a testament to enduring reliance on the bounty of the earth, producing crops that feed more than just the local community. The quiet streets speak of a life lived at a measured pace, where neighbors know each other by name and the arrival of the mail truck is a small event. While grand attractions may be absent, the true character of Raleigh lies in its groundedness, its unassuming beauty found in the sweep of the fields and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Raleigh 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 | Raleigh, Saline County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.826992°N, 88.531996°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62977 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Raleigh, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Raleigh, 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 Raleigh includes coordinates 37.826992°N, 88.531996°W, situated in Saline County. ZIP code 62977. 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.
