East Alton, Illinois Weather
East Alton, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for East Alton, Madison County.
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About East Alton, Illinois
East Alton sits at the confluence of ambition and the Mississippi's slow, muddy power, a place where the earth itself seems to hold the breath of industry. It lies 4.0 miles east of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 100°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-north-west of Edwardsville. The land here rolls with a gentle persistence, not dramatic peaks but a steady rise and fall that hints at the underlying bedrock and the patient work of water. Open fields, often a rich, dark loam, stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by stands of oak and maple that offer a dappled shade, their leaves rustling with a dry whisper on warmer days. Creeks, their beds lined with smooth, grey stones, meander through the terrain, their waters reflecting the wide, ever-changing Illinois sky, a sky that can shift from the bruised purple of an approaching storm to the pale, washed-out blue of a summer afternoon with remarkable speed. The air itself carries a faint, metallic tang, a ghost of the processes that have shaped this place. The history of East Alton is deeply entwined with the booming demands of national defense and the relentless march of industrial innovation. For decades, the landscape here was defined by the sprawling facilities of the ammunition plants, a testament to the vital role East Alton played in supplying munitions for wars and conflicts across the globe. This legacy continues to shape the local economy, though the nature of work has diversified, drawing from the broader manufacturing and service sectors that serve the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The river, a constant, powerful presence, has always been a highway for commerce and a source of life, its banks a familiar sight for those who have called East Alton home for generations. Even now, the quiet hum of daily life often carries the distant echo of the region's industrial past, a low, resonant chord beneath the surface of everyday existence.
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| Location | East Alton, Madison County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.880326°N, 90.111218°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62024 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This East Alton, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Alton, 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 East Alton includes coordinates 38.880326°N, 90.111218°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 62024. 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. 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.
