East St. Louis, Illinois Weather
East St. Louis, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for East St. Louis, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for East St. Louis is published on the St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) page, 6 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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 24 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 31 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 33 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 42 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 44 km
Conditions reported at KCPS describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at East St. Louis specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About East St. Louis, Illinois
East St. Louis sits low on the broad, flat plains that cradle the Mississippi River, a landscape defined by the ceaseless flow of water and the vast, open sky that stretches above. The air here often carries the damp, earthy scent of the riverbanks, a subtle perfume mingling with the metallic tang of industry that has long been the region’s lifeblood. Streetlights, when they ignite in the twilight, cast long, wavering reflections on the asphalt, mirroring the restless shimmer of the water just beyond the levee. The land itself is a testament to a patient earth, yielding, mostly flat, and etched with the channels and tributaries that have shaped its character for millennia. This stretch of the riverfront has been a nexus of commerce and transit for generations, its fortunes tied inextricably to the ebb and flow of the mighty Mississippi. For a century, East St. Louis was a formidable hub of the nation's railroad network, its railyards a sprawling testament to American industrial might, a place where the clang of steel and the hiss of steam were the daily symphony. The legacy of its meatpacking industry, once a dominant force, still lingers in the collective memory, a reminder of the sheer, unvarnished labor that built this place. Today, the spirit of resilience persists, a quiet determination evident in the faces of its residents and the ongoing efforts to revitalize its historic core and waterfront, a constant dialogue between its past and its future.
Live animated radar for East St. Louis 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.624495°N, 90.150943°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62201, 62207 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This East St. Louis, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East St. Louis, 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 St. Louis includes coordinates 38.624495°N, 90.150943°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 62201, 62207. 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.
