New Douglas, Illinois Weather
New Douglas, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Douglas, Madison County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
