Swanwick, Illinois Weather
Swanwick, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Swanwick, Perry County.
Full aviation weather for Swanwick is published on the Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field (KSAR) 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 Swanwick 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 Swanwick: Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 26 km · Perryville Regional Airport (KPCD) 44 km · Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (KBLV) 49 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 50 km · Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL) 55 km
Conditions reported at KSAR describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Swanwick specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Swanwick.
About Swanwick, Illinois
Swanwick rests in a broad cradle of land where the earth begins its patient, rolling descent toward the Mississippi. It lies 34.3 miles south-east of Belleville, IL (from Belleville, IL: bearing 135°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-north-east of Sparta. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of greens and golds, interrupted by stands of oak and hickory that soften the horizon. In the spring, the air hums with the industrious buzzing of bees, a gentle counterpoint to the distant rumble of a passing train. The sky above Swanwick is a vast canvas, often swept clean by winds that carry the scent of damp earth and ripening corn, and at dusk, it bleeds into hues of rose and lavender, a quiet benediction upon the land. The story of Swanwick is one of resilience, etched into the very grain of its agricultural roots. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained the livelihoods of its inhabitants, primarily through the cultivation of corn and soybeans, their stalks a rustling testament to the season's bounty. While the larger currents of industry have largely bypassed this quiet corner, a strong sense of self-reliance and neighborly interdependence persists. The occasional glint of sunlight on a weathered barn roof, or the slow, deliberate pace of a farmer tending his fields, speaks to a history that values continuity and the steady rhythm of the seasons over the fleeting allure of progress.
Live animated radar for Swanwick 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 | Swanwick, Perry County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.169773°N, 89.536204°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62237, 62226 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Swanwick, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swanwick, 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 Swanwick includes coordinates 38.169773°N, 89.536204°W, situated in Perry County. ZIP code 62237, 62226. 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.
