Cottage Hills, Illinois Weather
Cottage Hills, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cottage Hills, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Cottage Hills is published on the St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) page, 2 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 Cottage Hills 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 Cottage Hills: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 31 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 31 km · St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) 38 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 43 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 57 km
Conditions reported at KALN describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cottage Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cottage Hills.
About Cottage Hills, Illinois
Cottage Hills rises from the gentle swell of Madison County, its landscape a quiet negotiation between open fields and the encroaching green of woodlands. It lies 6.2 miles east of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 82°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-west of Edwardsville. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, cradle scattered homes and the occasional farmstead, their roofs glinting under the broad Illinois sky. The air here often carries the scent of ripening corn in the summer, a dry, sweet perfume that settles over the land, and in the crisp autumn, it sharpens with the tang of woodsmoke. The terrain, a mosaic of cultivated plots and wilder, tree-lined ravines, suggests a history of both patient husbandry and the enduring presence of nature. The story of Cottage Hills is one of steady growth, shaped by the agricultural bounty of the surrounding earth and the industries that have drawn people to this part of Illinois. Its roots are entwined with the fertile land, a place where generations have worked the soil, their lives marked by the predictable rhythm of planting and harvest. While no single grand landmark defines Cottage Hills, its character is found in the unassuming strength of its people and the enduring connection to the rural heart of the county. The local economy, once heavily reliant on agriculture, has broadened to include a mix of small businesses and commuters who find a peaceful haven here, a place where the concerns of the wider world are met with a grounded, neighborly spirit.
Live animated radar for Cottage Hills 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 | Cottage Hills, Madison County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.903103°N, 90.070106°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62018 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cottage Hills, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cottage Hills, 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 Cottage Hills includes coordinates 38.903103°N, 90.070106°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 62018. Telephone area code: 309. 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.
