Crest Hill, Illinois Weather
Crest Hill, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crest Hill, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for Crest Hill is published on the St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) page, 8 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 Crest Hill 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 Crest Hill: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 34 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 39 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 43 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 52 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 53 km
Conditions reported at KCPS describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crest Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crest Hill.
About Crest Hill, Illinois
Crest Hill rises from the undulating terrain of St. Clair County, where the land gently slopes and broad, open fields meet the encroaching woodlands. It lies 5.2 miles west-north-west of Belleville, IL (from Belleville, IL: bearing 285°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-east of St. Louis. The air here carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of cultivated soil and the wilder breath of the nearby Missouri River bottomlands, a subtle perfume that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the horizon, painting the western sky in bruised purples and fading oranges. Scattered farmsteads punctuate the landscape, their silos standing like stoic sentinels against the vast Illinois sky, and the occasional cluster of houses hints at the quiet, steady pulse of life that beats within Crest Hill. The roads, often bordered by mature trees that arch overhead, offer glimpses of this enduring tranquility, a sense of place that feels both lived-in and deeply rooted. The history of Crest Hill is interwoven with the agricultural bounty of the region, a legacy of farmers who tilled these fertile grounds for generations, coaxing sustenance from the rich soil. While the broader economic landscape has diversified, the echoes of that agrarian past remain, a subtle hum beneath the surface of everyday life, evident in the enduring presence of family farms and the respect for the land. Today, Crest Hill finds its character in a blend of quiet residential living and the practicalities of a working locality, a place where community bonds are forged not in grand pronouncements but in the shared rhythm of daily routines. Its proximity to larger urban centers offers opportunity, yet Crest Hill itself retains a distinct, unhurried spirit, a testament to the enduring appeal of a life lived at a more measured pace.
Live animated radar for Crest Hill 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 | Crest Hill, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.539495°N, 90.077052°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62223, 60403 |
| Area Code | 217, 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crest Hill, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crest Hill, 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 Crest Hill includes coordinates 38.539495°N, 90.077052°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 62223, 60403. Telephone area code: 217, 708. 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.
