West City, Illinois Weather
West City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West City, Franklin County.
Full aviation weather for West City is published on the Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) page, 1 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 West City 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 West City: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 28 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 37 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 37 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 37 km · Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (KHSB) 39 km
Conditions reported at KH96 describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West City.
About West City, Illinois
West City lies spread across a landscape of gently rolling terrain, where the broad, fertile fields of Franklin County begin to yield to the subtle rise and fall of the land. It lies 56.7 miles west of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 270°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north of West Frankfort. Here, the sky feels expansive, a vast canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the scattered farmsteads and the occasional cluster of homes with a fleeting, dramatic light. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying corn stalks and the damp earth turned over by recent plows, a tangible reminder of the agricultural heart that beats at the core of this place. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, punctuate the open fields and line the country roads, offering pockets of shade and a whisper of the wildness that still lingers at the edges of human endeavor. The history of West City is deeply intertwined with the extraction of the earth's bounty, a legacy etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet resilience of its people and the enduring character of the land. Coal mining once shaped the fortunes and the very face of this region, leaving behind a subtle imprint of its past in the occasional overgrown spoil bank or the stories passed down through generations. Today, while mining's shadow has receded, the agricultural spirit remains strong, with fields of soybeans and corn stretching towards the horizon, a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the soil. The local economy, though modest, finds its pulse in these agricultural rhythms and the small businesses that serve the surrounding rural communities, fostering a sense of neighborly interdependence that defines the pace of everyday life in West City.
Live animated radar for West City 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 | West City, Franklin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.993939°N, 88.935069°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62812 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West City, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West City, 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 West City includes coordinates 37.993939°N, 88.935069°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 62812. 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.
