Sailor Springs, Illinois Weather
Sailor Springs, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sailor Springs, Clay County.
Full aviation weather for Sailor Springs is published on the Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) page, 14 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 Sailor Springs 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 Sailor Springs: Olney Noble Airport (KOLY) 17 km · Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) 37 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) 43 km · Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 54 km · Mount Carmel Municipal Airport (KAJG) 58 km
Conditions reported at KFOA describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sailor Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sailor Springs.
About Sailor Springs, Illinois
Sailor Springs unfurls across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where fields of emerald and gold stretch towards horizons softened by the humid breath of Southern Illinois. It lies 48.0 miles south-west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 234°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-east of Flora. Creeks, slender as silver threads, meander through the clay-rich soil, their banks often fringed with the tenacious green of sumac and the deeper, shadowed hues of oak and hickory. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of sun-baked earth and the distant, sweet scent of ripening corn, punctuated by the chirping symphony of unseen insects. Even the light seems to possess a certain weight, settling with a golden, almost viscous quality over the scattered farmsteads and the quiet lanes that connect them, lending a timeless stillness to the very earth of Sailor Springs. The history of Sailor Springs is intimately tied to the very springs that gave it its name, waters once believed to hold restorative powers, drawing visitors seeking solace and healing. While the grand hotels of yesteryear have long since faded into memory, the echo of that hopeful past still whispers in the quietude. Today, the economy of Sailor Springs is woven from the sturdy threads of agriculture, with soybeans and corn forming the backbone of its livelihood, their vast fields a testament to the fertility of this particular land. Small businesses, often family-run, provide the essential services that keep the heart of Sailor Springs beating, their storefronts weathered but welcoming, reflecting a resilient spirit and a deep-rooted connection to the community and the land it inhabits.
Live animated radar for Sailor Springs 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 | Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.763936°N, 88.363101°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62824, 62879 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sailor Springs, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sailor Springs, 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 Sailor Springs includes coordinates 38.763936°N, 88.363101°W, situated in Clay County. ZIP code 62824, 62879. 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.
