Colp, Illinois Weather
Colp, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Colp, Williamson County.
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About Colp, Illinois
Colp lies low in the land, a quiet collection of homes and businesses settled into the gentle contours of southern Illinois. It lies 42.0 miles north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 35°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-east of Carbondale. The fields surrounding Colp are a patchwork of cultivated earth and wilder growth, where the rich, dark soil promises abundance. Here, the air often carries the sweet, damp scent of rain-soaked fields and the distant murmur of wind through the trees. The sky above is vast, a canvas for dramatic sunsets that paint the horizon in hues of bruised purple and fiery orange, casting long shadows that stretch across the landscape. The history of Colp is deeply entwined with the earth beneath it, a legacy of coal mining that once pulsed through this region. Though the deep seams are largely silent now, the echoes of that industry linger, shaping the character of the place and its people. The local economy has shifted, finding new footing in agriculture and smaller enterprises, but the memory of the mines remains, a quiet undercurrent to the daily lives unfolding in Colp. The land itself, a fertile plain crisscrossed by small creeks and dotted with stands of oak and hickory, continues to offer its bounty, a testament to the enduring connection between this place and the natural world.
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| Location | Colp, Williamson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.805328°N, 89.080077°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62921 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Colp, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colp, 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 Colp includes coordinates 37.805328°N, 89.080077°W, situated in Williamson County. ZIP code 62921. 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. 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.
