Gale, Illinois Weather
Gale, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gale, Alexander County.
Full aviation weather for Gale is published on the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) page, 11 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. 4 airfields within reach of Gale 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 Gale: Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 29 km · Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport (KSIK) 40 km · Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) 46 km
Conditions reported at KCGI describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gale.
About Gale, Illinois
Gale lies where the land begins to softly fold, a place where broad, fertile fields give way to the rising, wooded bluffs that hug the Mississippi River's western bank. It lies 5.5 miles south-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 135°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-north-east of Scott City. The air here carries a perpetual scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, especially in the early mornings when a pearlescent mist often clings to the low-lying bottoms, muffling the world into a hushed reverence. Sunlight, when it breaks through, tends to fall in broad, golden swathes across the cultivated acres, illuminating the patient, enduring work of the soil. The character of Gale is one of quiet resilience, a steady presence that has weathered seasons and generations. This corner of Alexander County bears the deep imprint of its agricultural heritage, with corn and soybeans stretching in vast, ordered carpets to the horizon, forming the backbone of Gale's economy. The nearby Mississippi, a vast, indifferent artery of commerce and life, has long dictated the fortunes and the very character of settlements like Gale, shaping them with its floods and its fertile silts. Though not a major hub, Gale has always been a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, where the bounty of the land is understood with a deep, ingrained knowledge. The history of this region is written in the quiet persistence of its people, who have learned to live in concert with the powerful, ancient forces of river and earth.
Live animated radar for Gale 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 | Gale, Alexander County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.24894°N, 89.447588°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62990, 61239 |
| Area Code | 618, 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gale, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gale, 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 Gale includes coordinates 37.248940°N, 89.447588°W, situated in Alexander County. ZIP code 62990, 61239. Telephone area code: 618, 847, 224. 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.
