Brooklyn, Illinois Weather
Brooklyn, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brooklyn, St. Clair County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brooklyn.
About Brooklyn, Illinois
Brooklyn lies low in the land, a place where the Illinois terrain yields gently, a slight depression in the otherwise rolling topography of St. Clair County. It lies 2.5 miles north-north-west of East Saint Louis, IL (from East Saint Louis, IL: bearing 341°T), and is situated 2.8 miles north-east of St. Louis. Here, the air often carries the damp scent of rich soil, a constant reminder of the rich agricultural heritage that has shaped this landscape. The sky feels vast, an expansive canvas that shifts through the day, from the sharp, clear light of midday to the softening hues of evening, when the few streetlights begin to cast long, wavering shadows across the quiet streets. Sparse woodlands, primarily oak and elm, punctuate the open fields, their leaves whispering in the breeze that sweeps across the flatlands, carrying with it the distant hum of traffic from routes that skirt the edges of this unassuming settlement. The history of Brooklyn is intrinsically tied to the coal mines that once defined its character and sustained its economy. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the shifts in the earth, the clang of pickaxes, and the steady, backbreaking labor of extracting the black gold that fueled industry elsewhere. While the deep shafts are now silent, the echoes of that era remain, a subtle undercurrent in the town’s identity. Today, the local economy is more diversified, with residents finding work in surrounding communities and in service industries closer to home, yet the memory of mining persists, a quiet testament to the resilience of the people who built Brooklyn. The land itself, once scarred by industrial endeavors, now slowly reclaims itself, a slower, more patient process than the rapid extraction of the past.
Live animated radar for Brooklyn and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Brooklyn, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.658662°N, 90.165943°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62367, 62059 |
| Area Code | 217, 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brooklyn, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brooklyn, 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 Brooklyn includes coordinates 38.658662°N, 90.165943°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 62367, 62059. Telephone area code: 217, 309. 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.
