West Union, Illinois Weather
West Union, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Union, Clark County.
Full aviation weather for West Union is published on the Sullivan County Airport (KSIV) page, 22 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 Union 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 Union: Robinson Municipal Airport (KRSV) 22 km · Casey Municipal Airport (K1H8) 31 km · Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field (KHUF) 40 km · Ed-Air Airport (KI20) 43 km · Sky King Airport (K3I3) 44 km
Conditions reported at KSIV describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Union specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Union.
About West Union, Illinois
West Union rests in a landscape where the earth gently swells and recedes, a quiet undulation of farmland stretching towards the horizon. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 335°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-west of Vigo. The fields here, a patchwork of amber wheat and verdant corn, give way to stands of oak and maple that whisper in the persistent breeze, their leaves catching the high Illinois sun in shifting patterns of light. A sense of deep, settled quietude permeates the air, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a hawk circling in the vast, pale blue sky. The very character of West Union seems to be woven from this open expanse, a place where one can feel the breath of the land itself. The history of West Union is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its settlers, who first carved homes from this fertile soil. The local economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the land, with agriculture forming the backbone of life, a tradition passed down through generations. You can still see the echoes of this agrarian past in the sturdy barns and weathered fences that dot the countryside, remnants of a time when the harvest dictated the pulse of the community. While the world outside has spun and changed, West Union holds a distinct continuity, a steadfastness rooted in the practicalities of farming and the simple, profound beauty of its rural existence.
Live animated radar for West Union 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 | West Union, Clark County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.215872°N, 87.666138°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62477 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Union, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Union, 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 Union includes coordinates 39.215872°N, 87.666138°W, situated in Clark County. ZIP code 62477. 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.
