Ridgway, Illinois Weather
Ridgway, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ridgway, Gallatin County.
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About Ridgway, Illinois
Ridgway rests in a broad, fertile valley, a place where the land seems to exhale a quiet contentment. It lies 24.4 miles south-west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 235°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east of Eldorado. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of summer or the muted golds of autumn, hem the horizon, their slopes dotted with farmsteads and grazing livestock. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of turned earth and distant pine, a subtle perfume that clings to the skin. Sunlight here possesses a certain clarity, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the beams that slant through the open windows of older buildings, a light that feels as if it has been filtered through generations of quiet observation. The very texture of the land, a rich, dark loam, promises abundance, a deep, yielding promise. The story of Ridgway is one of enduring resilience, a narrative etched not in grand monuments but in the steady pulse of its people and the land they tend. Once a hub for the coal industry, the echoes of pickaxes and mining carts have long since faded, replaced by the hum of agricultural machinery and the quiet industry of small businesses. The fertile soil, a legacy of ancient rivers, now supports fields of corn and soybeans, their ordered rows stretching towards the sky. Local traditions, passed down through families who have called this place home for generations, often revolve around the harvest and the simple gatherings that punctuate the passing seasons. There's a groundedness to Ridgway, a sense that its character is as much a product of the earth beneath it as it is of the lives lived upon it.
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| Location | Ridgway, Gallatin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.799213°N, 88.261151°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62979 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ridgway, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ridgway, 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 Ridgway includes coordinates 37.799213°N, 88.261151°W, situated in Gallatin County. ZIP code 62979. 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.
