West Alton, Missouri Weather
West Alton, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Alton, St. Charles County.
Full aviation weather for West Alton is published on the St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) page, 16 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 West Alton 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 West Alton: St. Louis Lambert International Airport (KSTL) 18 km · St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field (KSET) 19 km · Creve Coeur Airport (K1H0) 29 km · St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) 33 km · Spirit of St Louis Airport (KSUS) 44 km
Conditions reported at KALN describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at West Alton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for West Alton.
About West Alton, Missouri
West Alton lies at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, a landscape sculpted by the generous, often capricious, flow of water. It lies 2.7 miles south-west of Alton, IL (from Alton, IL: bearing 229°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-east of Florissant. Here, the land, a rich alluvial soil, hums with a verdant energy, especially in the hazy mornings when mist rises from the wide, slow-moving channels, softening the sharp edges of the cottonwood trees and the distant, low-lying hills. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and burgeoning green, carries the distant rumble of barges and the cry of gulls, a constant reminder of the watery arteries that define this place. The sky, vast and often a canvas of bruised purples and molten gold at sunset, watches over a terrain that is both yielding and resilient, shaped by the ancient, persistent work of erosion and deposition. The history of West Alton is deeply entwined with the very rivers that cradle it, a story of fertile ground that has drawn settlers and industry alike. For generations, the economy here has ebbed and flowed with the agricultural bounty of the floodplains, yielding crops that have fed the nation, while the river itself has served as a vital highway for commerce. Remnants of this past can be felt in the quiet dignity of the older farmsteads and the enduring presence of businesses that have served generations of families. The presence of the nearby national park lands offers a sanctuary of wildness, a stark contrast to the human endeavor that has sought to harness the power and fertility of this unique riverine environment. West Alton’s character is a blend of quiet tenacity and a deep, unspoken understanding of the rhythms of nature.
Live animated radar for West Alton 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.
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| Location | West Alton, St. Charles County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.865049°N, 90.222611°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63386 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Alton, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Alton, Missouri, 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 West Alton includes coordinates 38.865049°N, 90.222611°W, situated in St. Charles County. ZIP code 63386. 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. 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.
