Carthage, Illinois Weather
Carthage, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Carthage, Ogle County.
Full aviation weather for Carthage is published on the Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field (KC73) page, 14 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 Carthage 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 Carthage: Ogle County Airport (KC55) 15 km · Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field (KRPJ) 20 km · Bresson Airport (KC82) 25 km · Chicago Rockford International Airport (KRFD) 36 km · Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field (KSQI) 36 km
Conditions reported at KC73 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Carthage specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Carthage.
About Carthage, Illinois
Carthage rests in the rolling heart of western Illinois, where the land itself seems to sigh with the passage of seasons. It lies 26.8 miles south-south-west of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 205°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south of Oregon. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like a patchwork quilt under an immense sky, their greens and golds shifting with the breeze. The terrain here isn't dramatic, but it possesses a quiet strength, a gentle swell and dip that guides the eye across the horizon. Farmhouses, weathered and sturdy, dot the landscape, their silos reaching towards the heavens like stoic sentinels. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume that speaks of a life lived close to the soil. The history of Carthage is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Hancock County, a region that has long been a breadbasket for the nation. Founded in the mid-19th century, its growth was spurred by the fertile soil and the promise of a prosperous future built on farming. Today, that legacy endures, with agriculture remaining the bedrock of the local economy, though the whispers of the past are never far away. One might imagine the dust kicked up by horse-drawn plows or the murmur of conversations in the general store from generations ago, a quiet hum beneath the present-day rhythm of trucks hauling grain. Carthage is a place where the past isn't a grand monument, but a subtle undercurrent, felt in the enduring traditions and the unhurried pace of life.
Live animated radar for Carthage 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 | Carthage, Ogle County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.918919°N, 89.313713°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61061, 62321 |
| Area Code | 847, 224, 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Carthage, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carthage, Illinois, 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 Carthage includes coordinates 41.918919°N, 89.313713°W, situated in Ogle County. ZIP code 61061, 62321. Telephone area code: 847, 224, 217. 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.
