Compton, Illinois Weather
Compton, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Compton, Lee County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Compton.
About Compton, Illinois
Compton rests in the broad, fertile embrace of northern Illinois, a place where the sky feels vast and the land stretches out in quiet, agricultural purpose. It lies 23.5 miles south-west of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 226°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west of Paw Paw. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling prairie, softened by millennia of wind and water, now meticulously ordered into fields of corn and soybeans that shimmer under the sun. Farmhouses, sturdy and weathered, punctuate the landscape at generous intervals, their silos reaching like stoic sentinels towards the horizon, and the air often carries the faint, sweet scent of turned earth and drying hay, a perfume of honest work. Dusk settles like a benediction, painting the western sky in hues of apricot and rose, and the silence that descends is not empty but alive with the hum of distant tractors and the rustle of unseen creatures in the roadside ditches. The history of Compton is deeply entwined with the rich soil it cultivates, a story shaped by the pioneers who first broke this prairie land and established a community built on self-reliance and neighbourly support. Its economy, like so many in this region, is anchored in agriculture, a testament to the enduring productivity of the Illinois prairie, where the bounty of the earth is the primary currency. While not a place of grand monuments or bustling industry, Compton possesses a quiet dignity, a character forged in the steady rhythm of the seasons and the shared legacy of generations who have called this stretch of land home. The local gathering places, modest but vital, serve as the heart of Compton, where stories are exchanged and the simple, enduring bonds of rural life are reaffirmed.
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| Location | Compton, Lee County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.694475°N, 89.081201°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61318 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Compton, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Compton, 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 Compton includes coordinates 41.694475°N, 89.081201°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 61318. Telephone area code: 815. 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.
