Grand Chain, Illinois Weather
Grand Chain, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Grand Chain, Pulaski County.
Full aviation weather for Grand Chain is published on the Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) page, 25 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 Grand Chain 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 Grand Chain: Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 27 km · Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 31 km · Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) 48 km · Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) 54 km · Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (KMWA) 56 km
Conditions reported at KM30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grand Chain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Grand Chain.
About Grand Chain, Illinois
Grand Chain rests where the land begins to soften, a place where the Ohio River's vast, patient presence has shaped not just the earth but the very air. It lies 26.1 miles west-north-west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 297°T), and is situated 17.5 miles west-north-west of Metropolis. Here, the terrain gently rolls, a preamble to the deeper wetlands and expansive bottomlands that define this southern Illinois edge. The sky, often a boundless canvas of bruised twilight or sharp, clear blue, seems to hang lower, closer, as if sharing secrets with the stoic oaks and willows that fringe the waterways. The character of Grand Chain is one of quiet resilience, a place that has learned to live in harmony with the river's moods, where the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of barges blend into the day's unfolding. The history of Grand Chain is inextricably linked to its strategic position on the Ohio River, a vital artery for trade and travel that has pulsed through this region for centuries. Early settlers recognized the river's potential, and the community grew around the necessity of navigating its currents, a legacy that still echoes in the local economy, where the river remains a significant factor in commerce and recreation. The rich, alluvial soil, a gift from the river's annual embrace, has long sustained agriculture, a rhythm of planting and harvest that continues to define the landscape. Though the grand chain of islands that once lent the place its name may have shifted with the river's course, the spirit of connection to this powerful waterway, and the enduring character it imparts, remains the distinctive heartbeat of Grand Chain.
Live animated radar for Grand Chain 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 | Grand Chain, Pulaski County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.251719°N, 89.023404°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62941 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grand Chain, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grand Chain, 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 Grand Chain includes coordinates 37.251719°N, 89.023404°W, situated in Pulaski County. ZIP code 62941. Telephone area code: 618. 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.
