Fayetteville, Illinois Weather
Fayetteville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fayetteville, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for Fayetteville is published on the Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (KBLV) page, 19 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. 5 airfields within reach of Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville: Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field (KSAR) 27 km · St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) 38 km · Perryville Regional Airport (KPCD) 57 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBLV describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fayetteville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fayetteville.
About Fayetteville, Illinois
Fayetteville exists where the rolling prairie begins to sigh towards the Mississippi River basin, a place of wide horizons and the slow, deliberate unfolding of seasons. It lies 14.2 miles south-east of Belleville, IL (from Belleville, IL: bearing 134°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south of Mascoutah. Here, the land itself seems to hold its breath, its gentle swells and shallow valleys a testament to the patient work of water and wind over millennia. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint scent of tilled earth and distant woodsmoke, a fragrance that settles over the low-slung buildings and the quiet streets. Sunlight, when it breaks through the summer haze, possesses a peculiar, buttery quality, illuminating the weathered clapboard of houses and the stoic, enduring green of the fields that press in on all sides. This corner of St. Clair County carries the quiet dignity of a place shaped by agricultural ambition and the enduring spirit of those who worked the soil. Fayetteville’s roots are firmly planted in the rich farmlands that surround it, a legacy that continues to define its economic heartbeat. While the broader region has seen shifts and changes, the fundamental character of Fayetteville remains tied to the earth, to the cycles of planting and harvest. You can still feel the echoes of past generations in the sturdy architecture and the unhurried pace of life, a subtle reminder of the enduring strength found in community and in the simple, profound connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Fayetteville 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 | Fayetteville, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.377549°N, 89.795377°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62258 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fayetteville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville includes coordinates 38.377549°N, 89.795377°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 62258. 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.
