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Edwardsville, Alabama Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Edwardsville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Edwardsville, AL
Sunday, July 5 at 7:30 AM
77
°
Clear
Feels like
86°
Humidity
87%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
12:36 AM
Sunset
2:56 PM
Edwardsville, AL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastEdwardsville, AL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit with a 52% chance of precipitation at 6 PM.
L 71°H 93°
Edwardsville, AL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    52%
    93°71°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Showers
    79%
    0.42″
    83°71°-10°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    48%
    91°69°+8°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    90°69°-1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    92°69°+2°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    90°72°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    55%
    93°72°+3°
Edwardsville, AL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
204° · backing 10°
Direction
SSW
204°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 3
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 3 · pk 11 @ 11:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 161SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 10° from the ssw.
Edwardsville, AL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
978.0
+0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 28.88 inHg
Now
978.0
mb
3h
+0.1
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
-2.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 977981
970975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW981.4976.8977.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Edwardsville, AL
Air quality
54
AQI
Moderate
-7 in 6h

AQI 54 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 12.4 µg/m³ (AQI 57) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
12.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
83μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39 now. With UV 1.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
1.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 12.4 µg/m³ (AQI 57) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Edwardsville, AL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
31.0mi
UNLIMITED
77 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
12:30 UTC · Edwardsville, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
12:30 UTC · Edwardsville, AL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Edwardsville, AL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Edwardsville, AL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Edwardsville, AL
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:08 AM
Sunrise
12:36 AM
Daylight
14h 20m
Sunset
2:56 PM
Civil dusk
8:26 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Edwardsville, AL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
73% illuminated
Moonrise
10:55 PM
Moonset
10:55 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Edwardsville, AL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Edwardsville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 77°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Edwardsville

  1. Sun93°71°52%
  2. Mon83°71°79%
  3. Tue91°69°48%
  4. Wed90°69°8%
  5. Thu92°69°9%
  6. Fri90°72°33%
  7. Sat93°72°55%
  8. Sun92°70°44%
  9. Mon87°70°32%
  10. Tue95°69°14%
  11. Wed96°72°12%
  12. Thu89°71°26%
  13. Fri92°69°45%
  14. Sat93°69°48%
  15. Sun90°71°44%
  16. Mon94°73°55%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Edwardsville

SPC has placed Edwardsville in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Edwardsville

  • 36262
  • 36272
  • 36261

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.