Sauget, Illinois Weather
Sauget, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sauget, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for Sauget is published on the St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) page, 4 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 Sauget 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 Sauget: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 23 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 32 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 35 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 41 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 43 km
Conditions reported at KCPS describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sauget specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sauget.
About Sauget, Illinois
Sauget lies low and broad, a testament to the earth's patient, alluvial gifts. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-east of Saint Louis, MO (from Saint Louis, MO: bearing 162°T), and is situated 2.2 miles south-south-east of St. Louis. The land here, a flat expanse veined with slow-moving waterways, breathes the damp, fertile air of the Mississippi River floodplain. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of industrial structures, their metal skins catching the sun in sharp, geometric glints. The sky overhead, vast and often a canvas of bruised purples and pale golds at twilight, seems to press down with a gentle, insistent weight, a constant reminder of the elemental forces that shaped this terrain. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a mingling of damp soil, ripening crops, and the distant, metallic tang of industry. The history of Sauget is intimately tied to the ebb and flow of the river and the relentless pursuit of progress. Once a landscape of marsh and timber, it was transformed by the demands of industry, drawing in workers seeking opportunity. The local economy, though diversified now, still bears the imprint of its manufacturing past, a legacy that echoes in the sturdy, functional architecture and the enduring spirit of its people. The nearby Mississippi River, a constant, murmuring presence, has always been the lifeblood and the boundary of this place, its currents dictating the fortunes and the very character of Sauget. This is a locality where the human endeavor to build and to thrive has been etched not into stone, but into the very yielding earth, a story told in the quiet hum of machinery and the rustle of wind through endless fields.
Live animated radar for Sauget 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 | Sauget, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.59644°N, 90.184833°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62201, 62206 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sauget, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sauget, 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 Sauget includes coordinates 38.596440°N, 90.184833°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 62201, 62206. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
