Southern View, Illinois Weather
Southern View, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Southern View, Adams County.
Full aviation weather for Southern View is published on the Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) page, 18 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. 5 airfields within reach of Southern View 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 Southern View: Rueter Airfield (K93M) 18 km · Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) 20 km · Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) 34 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 52 km
Conditions reported at KUIN describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Southern View specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Southern View.
About Southern View, Illinois
Southern View rises from the rich, dark earth of Adams County, a place where the land itself seems to hum with a quiet, enduring strength. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 164°T), and is situated 13.7 miles north of Hannibal. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation, give way to broad, open fields that stretch towards a horizon often painted with the bruised purples and soft golds of an Illinois sunset. The air here carries the scent of sun-baked soil and distant hay, a fragrance that settles deep into your lungs. Occasional clusters of mature oak and maple trees punctuate the landscape, offering shade and a sense of permanence, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets in the afternoon breeze. The very character of Southern View is one of steadfastness, of a deep connection to the land that has shaped its contours and its people. The history of Southern View is deeply interwoven with the agricultural bounty of this fertile region, a legacy that continues to define its local economy. For generations, the land has been the primary source of livelihood, with corn and soybeans standing as silent sentinels in the vast fields, their stalks catching the sunlight like a thousand tiny mirrors. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet persistence of farming families and the enduring network of country roads speak to a foundational story of hard work and resilience. The rhythm of life in Southern View is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, a steady cadence that has remained largely unchanged, fostering a sense of community rooted in shared experience and mutual reliance.
Live animated radar for Southern View 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 | Southern View, Adams County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.90449°N, 91.398206°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62305, 62703 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Southern View, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southern View, 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 Southern View includes coordinates 39.904490°N, 91.398206°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 62305, 62703. 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.
