Brookport, Illinois Weather
Brookport, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brookport, Massac County.
Full aviation weather for Brookport is published on the Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) page, 12 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 Brookport 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 Brookport: Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 14 km · Kentucky Dam State Park Airport (KM34) 32 km · Mayfield Graves County Airport (KM25) 40 km · Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) 52 km · Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 53 km
Conditions reported at KM30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brookport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brookport.
About Brookport, Illinois
Brookport lies at the broad confluence where the Ohio River, a vast, slow-moving artery of commerce, meets the fertile plains of Massac County. It lies 3.2 miles north-north-west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 329°T), and is situated 5.9 miles east-south-east of Metropolis. The land here is a tapestry of alluvial soil, rich and dark, giving way to gentle slopes that rise towards the south, offering glimpses of distant, hazy horizons. Cottonwood and sycamore trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards the sky, line the riverbanks, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets in the humid air. The character of Brookport is one of quiet endurance, a place that has learned to live with the river’s moods, its ebb and flow dictating the rhythm of daily life. The history of Brookport is deeply intertwined with its watery doorstep. Once a bustling steamboat landing, it was a vital hub for the shipment of agricultural goods and timber downriver. The economy, though now diversified, still carries the echo of that riverine past, with a continued reliance on transportation and the surrounding farmland, which yields its bounty under the wide, indifferent sky. Evidence of earlier eras can be found in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that lines the streets, buildings that have weathered seasons of flood and sun. It’s a place where time seems to move at the pace of the river itself, a steady, unhurried current that carries the town forward.
Live animated radar for Brookport 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 | Brookport, Massac County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.123666°N, 88.630327°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62910 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brookport, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brookport, 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 Brookport includes coordinates 37.123666°N, 88.630327°W, situated in Massac County. ZIP code 62910. 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.
