Rockbridge, Illinois Weather
Rockbridge, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockbridge, Greene County.
Full aviation weather for Rockbridge is published on the Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) page, 25 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 Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge: St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 42 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 44 km · Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 56 km · St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 60 km
Conditions reported at K5K1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockbridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockbridge.
About Rockbridge, Illinois
Rockbridge rests in a hollow, where the land begins to fold and crease, a place of rolling hills and broad, open fields that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 26.2 miles north of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 358°T), and is situated 5.2 miles south of Greenfield. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and sun-baked grain, a smell that clings to the skin like summer itself. Creeks, sometimes mere whispers of water over smooth stones, sometimes a determined rush after a storm, carve their way through the landscape, their banks lined with tenacious oaks and maples that turn fiery in autumn. The sky above Rockbridge is a vast canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and soft oranges of sunset, casting long shadows that stretch and warp the familiar contours of the hills. Even the quietest moments here feel alive, punctuated by the distant lowing of cattle or the sharp, sudden flight of a startled bird. The history of Rockbridge is written in the slow, steady pulse of agriculture, a rhythm set by the seasons and the soil. For generations, families have worked this land, coaxing crops from its fertile ground, their lives intertwined with the success of the harvest. The local economy, though modest, is rooted in this enduring connection to the earth, with small farms and agricultural services forming its backbone. There are no grand monuments or bustling industries to mark its passage, but a quiet resilience, a deep understanding of place and purpose. The few buildings that comprise Rockbridge, some weathered by time, others freshly painted, stand as markers of this continuous presence, each one a small testament to the lives lived and the work done within the embrace of these rolling Illinois hills.
Live animated radar for Rockbridge 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 | Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.269213°N, 90.20428°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62081 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockbridge, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockbridge, 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 Rockbridge includes coordinates 39.269213°N, 90.204280°W, situated in Greene County. ZIP code 62081. 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.
