Joppa, Illinois Weather
Joppa, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Joppa, Massac County.
Full aviation weather for Joppa is published on the Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) page, 9 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 Joppa 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 Joppa: Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 17 km · Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 37 km · Kentucky Dam State Park Airport (KM34) 53 km · Mayfield Graves County Airport (KM25) 54 km
Conditions reported at KM30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Joppa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Joppa.
About Joppa, Illinois
Joppa, Illinois, rests low against the Ohio River, a place where the land itself seems to sigh with a languid, earthbound breath. It lies 15.9 miles west-north-west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 302°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-north-west of Metropolis. The terrain here is a gentle, unassuming undulation, a patchwork quilt of fields that stretch toward the horizon, punctuated by stands of sycamore and cottonwood whose leaves whisper secrets to the humid air. The sky, a vast canvas of ever-shifting blues and grays, often hangs heavy with the promise of rain, mirroring the fertile, dark soil that cradles the lifeblood of this region. Even the quietude of Joppa carries a certain weight, a stillness that suggests stories held close, like seeds waiting for their season. This humble settlement, once a bustling point of commerce, now carries the ghost of its past in the weathered wood of its few remaining structures and the slow, deliberate pace of its present life. The river, a constant, murmuring presence, was once Joppa's artery, channeling steamboats laden with goods and dreams. Though the grander ambitions of river trade have long since ebbed, the land remains the true sovereign, its bounty harvested through generations of farming, the corn and soybeans standing tall under the summer sun, a testament to the enduring partnership between people and soil. A quiet resilience imbues Joppa, a spirit born of the land and the water, a gentle persistence that defines its character against the broad sweep of American history.
Live animated radar for Joppa 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 | Joppa, Massac County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.206442°N, 88.844782°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62953 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Joppa, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Joppa, 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 Joppa includes coordinates 37.206442°N, 88.844782°W, situated in Massac County. ZIP code 62953. 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.
