Cahokia Heights, Illinois Weather
Cahokia Heights, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cahokia Heights, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for Cahokia Heights is published on the St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) page, 3 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 Cahokia Heights 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 Cahokia Heights: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 25 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 33 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 38 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 41 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 45 km
Conditions reported at KCPS describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cahokia Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cahokia Heights.
About Cahokia Heights, Illinois
Cahokia Heights rises from the low-lying lands where the Mississippi River’s broad shoulders have shaped the terrain for millennia. It lies 3.9 miles south of Saint Louis, MO (from Saint Louis, MO: bearing 174°T), and is situated 3.9 miles south of St. Louis. The land here is a mosaic of subtle swells and flat expanses, a stage set for the confluence of water and earth, where the air often carries the damp scent of fertile soil and distant industrial hum. Mounds, both ancient and modern, punctuate the horizon, some barely discernible as whispers of the past, others more pronounced, like weathered knuckles pushing through the green. The sky above Cahokia Heights can stretch into an immense, pale blue canvas, especially after a rain, when the light seems to filter through a thin veil of moisture, softening the edges of the world. The echoes of a vibrant past resonate through Cahokia Heights, a place whose very name conjures images of the great Cahokian civilization that once thrived on these very grounds, leaving behind enigmatic earthen monuments. Later, the bounty of the surrounding agricultural plains drew settlers, their lives intrinsically tied to the fertile river bottoms that continue to sustain a local economy rooted in farming and the processing of its yield. More recently, the shadow of industry has also fallen here, with manufacturing and logistics playing a significant role, shaping the character of the community and the livelihoods of its people. The rhythm of Cahokia Heights is one of quiet persistence, a blend of agricultural heritage and industrial present, where the broad sweep of history is felt in the texture of the land and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants.
Live animated radar for Cahokia Heights 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 | Cahokia Heights, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.570776°N, 90.18987°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62206, 62207 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cahokia Heights, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cahokia Heights, 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 Cahokia Heights includes coordinates 38.570776°N, 90.189870°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 62206, 62207. 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.
