Mounds, Illinois Weather
Mounds, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mounds, Pulaski County.
Full aviation weather for Mounds is published on the Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) page, 6 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 Mounds 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 Mounds: Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) 34 km · Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) 35 km · Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 38 km · Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport (KSIK) 40 km · Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) 40 km
Conditions reported at KCIR describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mounds specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mounds.
About Mounds, Illinois
Mounds lies at the edge of wide, fertile plains, where the land begins its slow, almost imperceptible surrender to the Mississippi River's vast embrace. It lies 22.0 miles south-east of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 127°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Cairo. Here, the air carries the damp, earthy scent of rich soil and the distant hum of unseen life, a constant, low thrum beneath the vast, often cloud-streaked sky. The landscape itself is a study in patient contours: gentle swells and shallow depressions that hint at ancient geological forces, now softened by a persistent green cloak of agriculture and tenacious woodland. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, can transform the fields into burnished gold, while the dense stands of trees along the water's edge hold shadows like secrets. The story of Mounds is deeply entwined with the very ground it occupies, a place where the bounty of the earth has long dictated its fortunes. For generations, the fertile alluvial soils have sustained a vibrant agricultural backbone, yielding crops that feed far beyond the immediate horizon, a quiet, enduring industry. The proximity to the mighty Mississippi, a historic highway and a source of both sustenance and peril, has shaped its character, fostering a resilient spirit that has weathered floods and economic shifts. While no grand monuments mark its past, a deeper history resides in the land itself, in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring rhythm of seasons that continue to define life in Mounds.
Live animated radar for Mounds 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 | Mounds, Pulaski County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 37.114218°N, 89.197853°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62964 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mounds, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mounds, 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 Mounds includes coordinates 37.114218°N, 89.197853°W, situated in Pulaski County. ZIP code 62964. 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.
