De Soto, Illinois Weather
De Soto, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for De Soto, Jackson County.
Full aviation weather for De Soto is published on the Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) page, 5 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 De Soto 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 De Soto: Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 20 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 21 km · Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 33 km · Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field (KSAR) 55 km · Perryville Regional Airport (KPCD) 56 km
Conditions reported at KMDH describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at De Soto specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About De Soto, Illinois
De Soto lies at the edge of a rolling landscape, where the fertile bottomlands of southern Illinois begin to yield to the steeper inclines of the Ozark foothills. It lies 38.8 miles north-north-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 24°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north of Carbondale. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a soft, earthy scent, a mix of sun-baked soil and the dampness of hidden creeks. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out in broad, green swathes, punctuated by stands of oak and hickory that cast long, cool shadows as the sun dips lower. The houses of De Soto are scattered with a certain unhurried logic, some clustered near the railroad tracks, others more spread out, their porches offering quiet contemplation of the sky. It is a place where the horizon feels close, a gentle curve against the vastness of the sky, and the quiet murmur of life is often the loudest sound. The history of De Soto is deeply entwined with the rich coal seams that lie beneath this particular stretch of Jackson County. For generations, the pulse of the community beat to the rhythm of the mines, a demanding and often dangerous livelihood that shaped the character of its people. Though the era of large-scale mining has largely passed, the legacy remains, a quiet testament to the resilience and hard work that built this place. The local economy now leans more towards agriculture and the services that support a rural populace, with the railroad still a significant artery for commerce. A distinctive feature is the sense of shared memory, a quiet understanding that binds those who have lived here through the changes, a collective nod to the earth that has sustained them.
Live animated radar for De Soto 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 | De Soto, Jackson County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.817551°N, 89.227861°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62924 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This De Soto, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for De Soto, 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 De Soto includes coordinates 37.817551°N, 89.227861°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 62924. 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.
