Shobonier, Illinois Weather
Shobonier, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shobonier, Fayette County.
Full aviation weather for Shobonier is published on the Vandalia Municipal Airport (KVLA) page, 15 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 Shobonier 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 Shobonier: Greenville Airport (KGRE) 25 km · Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 27 km · Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL) 39 km · Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) 53 km · Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) 60 km
Conditions reported at KVLA describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shobonier specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shobonier.
About Shobonier, Illinois
Shobonier rests within the gentle, rolling terrain of Fayette County, a quiet collection of homes and businesses that seem to exhale the slow breath of rural Illinois. It lies 46.7 miles east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 85°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south of Vandalia. The land here is a patchwork quilt of fertile fields, primarily corn and soybeans, stretching to horizons often softened by the haze of summer heat or the muted light of an approaching storm. Oak and hickory trees, remnants of the original prairie forest, dot the landscape, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the vast, ever-present sky. The air, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a mingling of turned soil and the faint sweetness of distant blossoms. Life in Shobonier unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, a stark contrast to the clamor of larger cities, where the rhythm is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land. The history of Shobonier is deeply intertwined with the agricultural roots of this region, its very existence shaped by the pioneers who first cultivated these rich prairie soils. The local economy, though modest, remains anchored in farming, with generations of families tending the same tracts of land that their ancestors cleared and planted. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of resilience and self-sufficiency is palpable, a quiet testament to the enduring legacy of hard work and community. The occasional grain elevator, a sentinel of harvest, stands as a sturdy symbol of this ongoing agricultural heritage, its silhouette a familiar landmark against the wide-open sky. The people of Shobonier, largely descendants of those early settlers, carry a quiet pride in their connection to this place, their lives a continuation of a long and steady tradition.
Live animated radar for Shobonier 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 | Shobonier, Fayette County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.869491°N, 89.088676°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62885 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shobonier, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shobonier, 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 Shobonier includes coordinates 38.869491°N, 89.088676°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 62885. 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.
