Crystal City, Missouri Weather
Crystal City, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crystal City, Jefferson County.
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About Crystal City, Missouri
Crystal City rests in a pocket of Missouri where the land begins its slow, deliberate roll toward the Mississippi. It lies 17.7 miles south-south-west of Oakville, MO (from Oakville, MO: bearing 193°T), and is situated 0.9 miles east of Festus. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun slants through the oaks and maples, carries a scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a scent that clings to the sturdy brick buildings and the quiet streets. The landscape is a gentle yielding, not a dramatic pronouncement, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching out like rumpled blankets, bordered by stands of trees that thicken into woods along the low bluffs. Small creeks, their banks often fringed with ferns, meander through the terrain, their water a cool, clear murmur in the summer heat. This place has always been defined by the earth beneath it, by the minerals that lay buried, drawing people here to work them. For generations, the economy of Crystal City was inextricably linked to the mining and processing of silica, a fine, pale sand that became the backbone of the glass industry. The immense furnaces, even in their quiet disuse, still cast a long shadow of industry, a reminder of the grit and sweat that shaped the town. The Mississippi River, a broad, indifferent artery, flows not far off, its presence felt in the humidity that rises from its banks and the occasional barge pushing its load upstream, a steady, rumbling rhythm that has been the soundtrack to Crystal City for over a century.
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| Location | Crystal City, Jefferson County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.221166°N, 90.379009°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63019, 63028 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crystal City, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crystal City, Missouri, 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 Crystal City includes coordinates 38.221166°N, 90.379009°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 63019, 63028. Telephone area code: 314. 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.
