West Union, Illinois Weather
West Union, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Union, Clark County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
