Washington Park, Illinois Weather
Washington Park, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Washington Park, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for Washington Park is published on the St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) page, 9 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 Washington Park 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 Washington Park: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 27 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 29 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 38 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 44 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 49 km
Conditions reported at KCPS describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Washington Park specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Washington Park.
About Washington Park, Illinois
Washington Park lies at the edge of a sprawling urban-industrial landscape, a place where the flat, fertile earth of the American Bottom stretches towards the distant, hazy bluffs. It lies 3.2 miles east-north-east of East Saint Louis, IL (from East Saint Louis, IL: bearing 77°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east of St. Louis. Here, the air often carries the hum of machinery and the ghost of coal smoke, a testament to the region's enduring connection to industry. Wide, straight roads slice through neighborhoods of modest homes, their lawns meticulously kept, a quiet assertion of order against the immensity of the surrounding plains. In the warmer months, the relentless Midwestern sun beats down, bleaching the asphalt and coaxing a stubborn green from the grass, while in autumn, the sky often takes on a bruised, dramatic hue, presaging the chill to come. This stretch of land, once part of a vast prairie, has long been shaped by human endeavor and the bounty of the Mississippi River's floodplain. Washington Park's history is intertwined with the growth of nearby industrial centers, its economy once fueled by mining and manufacturing, leaving behind a legacy of working-class resilience. The very character of Washington Park is etched by this past, a community that understands the value of hard work and neighborly support. While the grander, more visible attractions might lie elsewhere, there is a quiet dignity in the everyday life here, in the familiar faces at the local diner and the steady pulse of the neighborhood, a distinct rhythm that defines Washington Park.
Live animated radar for Washington Park 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 | Washington Park, St. Clair County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.63505°N, 90.092885°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60637, 62204 |
| Area Code | 312, 773, 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Washington Park, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Washington Park, 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 Washington Park includes coordinates 38.635050°N, 90.092885°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 60637, 62204. Telephone area code: 312, 773, 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.
