Alden, Illinois Weather
Alden, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alden, McHenry County.
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About Alden, Illinois
Alden sits low and wide under a vast, indifferent sky, a scattering of buildings that seem to have sprouted from the rich, dark earth of McHenry County. It lies 10.6 miles north-north-west of Woodstock, IL (from Woodstock, IL: bearing 341°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east-north-east of Harvard. The land here is a study in gentle slopes, fields of corn and soy stretching out like rumpled blankets, broken only by the occasional stand of oak and maple that whispers secrets to the wind. Creeks, mere silver threads in the summer heat, snake through the landscape, their banks softened by wild grasses and the determined push of cattails. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean, damp scent of turned soil and the distant, earthy perfume of livestock, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats beneath the quiet surface of Alden. This is a place where the past is not so much buried as it is folded into the present, a continuation of lives lived close to the land. The economy of Alden has always been tethered to the rhythm of planting and harvest, a steady hum of tractors and the quiet satisfaction of a good yield. While larger industries have bypassed this quiet corner, a resilient spirit of self-sufficiency endures, evident in the well-tended farmsteads and the enduring local businesses that have weathered generations. The old railroad depot, though long silent, stands as a stoic sentinel, a monument to an earlier era of connection and movement, hinting at the stories of those who passed through Alden on their way to somewhere else, or perhaps, finding their forever here.
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| Location | Alden, McHenry County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.458908°N, 88.517876°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60033, 60001 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alden, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alden, Illinois, 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 Alden includes coordinates 42.458908°N, 88.517876°W, situated in McHenry County. ZIP code 60033, 60001. Telephone area code: 312, 773. 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.
