East Carondelet, Illinois Weather
East Carondelet, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for East Carondelet, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for East Carondelet is published on the St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) page, 7 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 East Carondelet 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 East Carondelet: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 26 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 32 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 39 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 42 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 46 km
Conditions reported at KCPS describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at East Carondelet specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for East Carondelet.
About East Carondelet, Illinois
East Carondelet lies low and wide, a collection of weathered homes and sturdy businesses hugging the broad, often restless Mississippi River. It lies 5.4 miles east-north-east of Mehlville, MO (from Mehlville, MO: bearing 64°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-south-west of St. Louis. The land here is flat, a testament to millennia of alluvial deposits, stretching out towards the water's edge where ancient cottonwoods, their roots grasping deep into the rich soil, stand sentinel. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, casts a golden hue across the weathered clapboard siding and the dusty gravel roads, lending a quiet dignity to the unassuming landscape. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and river water, carries the distant hum of barge traffic, a constant reminder of the vital artery that defines East Carondelet. The history of East Carondelet is intimately tied to the ebb and flow of the Mississippi, a ribbon of commerce and connection that has shaped its fortunes for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile bottomlands, established farms and small communities that eventually coalesced into the settlement we know today. The local economy, once reliant on agriculture and the river's trade, now finds a steady pulse in the surrounding industries and the ongoing flow of goods transported by the barges that glide past its shores. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very character of East Carondelet, its enduring resilience and the quiet camaraderie of its residents, speaks volumes of a people who have learned to live in harmony with the powerful forces of nature that surround them.
Live animated radar for East Carondelet 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 | East Carondelet, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.541997°N, 90.232891°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62240 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This East Carondelet, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Carondelet, 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 East Carondelet includes coordinates 38.541997°N, 90.232891°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 62240. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
