New Douglas, Illinois Weather
New Douglas, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Douglas, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for New Douglas is published on the Greenville Airport (KGRE) page, 29 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 New Douglas 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 New Douglas: St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 34 km · Vandalia Municipal Airport (KVLA) 43 km · Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (KBLV) 50 km · Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 57 km
Conditions reported at KGRE describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Douglas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Douglas.
About New Douglas, Illinois
New Douglas sits where the Illinois prairie begins to soften its gaze, yielding to a terrain of rolling farmland and scattered woodlands. It lies 18.9 miles north-east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Staunton. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of turned earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a scent that clings to the broad, open skies. The roads, mostly unpaved arteries, snake between fields of soybeans and wheat, their surfaces a rich, dark loam that turns to ochre dust under the summer sun. Old farmhouses, weathered and stoic, stand sentinel against the horizon, their porches worn smooth by generations of passing feet, their windows reflecting the vast, ever-changing canvas of the heavens. The quiet here is not empty, but a resonant hum of cicadas in the heat and the rustle of leaves in the breeze, a perpetual dialogue between the land and the sky. The history of New Douglas is etched into the very grain of its existence, a narrative shaped by the hardy pioneers who first carved a life from this fertile soil. Its economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, continues to revolve around the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent monuments to the ceaseless cycles of planting and harvest. This is a place where generations have worked the same fields, their stories intertwined with the lineage of the soil. Though small, New Douglas has a character as enduring as the ancient oaks that dot the landscape, a testament to resilience and a quiet pride in its agrarian heritage. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, a steady, unhurried pulse that has sustained it through the years.
Live animated radar for New Douglas 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 | New Douglas, Madison County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.970046°N, 89.666479°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62074 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Douglas, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Douglas, 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 New Douglas includes coordinates 38.970046°N, 89.666479°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 62074. 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.
