Mount Clare, Illinois Weather
Mount Clare, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mount Clare, Macoupin County.
Full aviation weather for Mount Clare is published on the St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) page, 30 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 Mount Clare 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 Mount Clare: Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 38 km · Greenville Airport (KGRE) 49 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 55 km · Vandalia Municipal Airport (KVLA) 58 km
Conditions reported at KALN describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Clare specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Clare.
About Mount Clare, Illinois
Mount Clare rests in a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the rich, dark earth of Macoupin County yields to the sky in broad, unbroken fields. It lies 21.0 miles north-north-east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 19°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north-north-west of Staunton. The character of this place is etched into the broad horizons and the quiet persistence of agriculture. Here, the air often carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil, especially after a spring rain, a subtle perfume that speaks of the land’s constant work. The roads, often edged with wild grasses and the occasional tenacious wildflower, wind through this panorama, hinting at a life lived in close conversation with the seasons. The sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, possesses a particular clarity, illuminating the vastness with an almost tangible warmth. The story of Mount Clare is deeply entwined with the legacy of coal mining that once shaped this region, a history that whispers from the very ground. While the industry’s most active days have passed, its influence remains, a layer beneath the surface of everyday life, much like the seams of coal that were once extracted. Today, the local economy is largely sustained by the agricultural endeavors that have always been a constant, the amber waves of grain a familiar sight under the wide Illinois sky. The rhythm of Mount Clare is one of quiet diligence, a steady pulse that beats in time with the planting and harvesting cycles, a place where community bonds are as strong as the roots of the crops that feed it.
Live animated radar for Mount Clare 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 | Mount Clare, Macoupin County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.098658°N, 89.826208°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62033 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Clare, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Clare, 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 Mount Clare includes coordinates 39.098658°N, 89.826208°W, situated in Macoupin County. ZIP code 62033. Telephone area code: 309. 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.
