Carbon Hill, Illinois Weather
Carbon Hill, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Carbon Hill, Grundy County.
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About Carbon Hill, Illinois
Carbon Hill rests in a landscape of gentle swells and broad, open fields, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches with a quiet insistence. It lies 19.4 miles south-west of Joliet, IL (from Joliet, IL: bearing 216°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east-south-east of Morris. The terrain here is shaped by the patient work of glaciers and the slow meandering of streams that thread their way through the land, their banks often softened by a fringe of willows and cottonwoods. In the late afternoon, the sun, beginning its descent, casts long, buttery shadows across the fields, illuminating the rich, dark soil that defines this corner of Grundy County. The air itself carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of freshly turned earth and the distant murmur of agricultural machinery, a constant hum that speaks of the land's enduring fertility. The history of Carbon Hill is inextricably linked to the rich veins of coal that once defined its economic lifeblood. For generations, the rhythmic clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine carts echoed through the valleys, a testament to the hard labor that fueled industry and shaped the community. While the mines have long since fallen silent, the legacy of those days remains, a quiet strength in the character of Carbon Hill's people. Today, the land has largely reclaimed its former glory, with agricultural pursuits taking precedence, the fields now yielding corn and soybeans under the watchful eye of a sky that seems to hold the memory of every sunrise and sunset. The quietude of Carbon Hill now offers a different kind of richness, one found in the enduring connection to the soil and the unhurried passage of days.
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| Location | Carbon Hill, Grundy County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.296976°N, 88.300063°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60416 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Carbon Hill, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carbon Hill, 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 Carbon Hill includes coordinates 41.296976°N, 88.300063°W, situated in Grundy County. ZIP code 60416. Telephone area code: 708. 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.
