Mound City, Illinois Weather
Mound City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mound City, Pulaski County.
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About Mound City, Illinois
Mound City rests in a low-lying cradle of land where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, those ancient arteries of the continent, have long shaped the very character of the terrain. It lies 24.8 miles south-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 128°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north of Cairo. Here, the air often hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and ripening crops, a humid embrace that softens the sharp edges of the day and brings a languid grace to the slow-moving clouds. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled green blankets, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of water oaks and cypress trees that stand sentinel along the shallow ditches and meandering bayous. The sun, when it breaks through, casts a pale, almost watery light across the landscape, a gentle illumination that seems to seep into the very soil, hinting at the rich, dark loam beneath. The echoes of a different time are palpable in Mound City, a place whose fortunes have been tied inextricably to the ebb and flow of the great rivers. Once a bustling hub for steamboat traffic and a vital center for the timber industry, its history is written in the weathered wood of aging warehouses and the quiet dignity of its well-worn streets. The economy, now largely agricultural, still feels the subtle pulse of its past, a memory of days when the river was the highway and the sound of the steam whistle was the town’s heartbeat. Though larger cities have drawn away much of the commerce, a resilient spirit endures, a quiet determination found in the faces of those who call Mound City home, tending their land and preserving the legacy of this unique riverbend community.
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| Location | Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.085329°N, 89.162573°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62963 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mound City, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mound City, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Mound City includes coordinates 37.085329°N, 89.162573°W, situated in Pulaski County. ZIP code 62963. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
