Edgewood, Illinois Weather
Edgewood, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Edgewood, Boone County.
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About Edgewood, Illinois
Edgewood lies in a land of broad horizons, where the sky feels impossibly vast, a deep, washed-out blue under the summer sun. It lies 9.1 miles east-south-east of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 103°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west-south-west of Belvidere. The terrain here is a patient, rolling expanse, sculpted by millennia of wind and water into gentle swells and shallow valleys. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled green and gold carpets, their edges blurring into the distant, tree-lined property lines that mark the boundaries of farms. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of tilled soil and the sweet perfume of ripening crops. In the quiet of dusk, the light softens, casting long, attenuated shadows that stretch and warp across the fields, turning the ordinary landscape into something momentarily profound. The story of Edgewood is one of agricultural persistence and the quiet strength of rural life. For generations, the land has been the primary employer, its fertile soil yielding bountiful harvests that have sustained families and shaped the local economy. The rhythm of planting and harvesting dictates the pulse of Edgewood, a predictable cycle that has seen the community through booms and busts. While no grand monuments punctuate the skyline, the enduring farmsteads, with their weathered barns and silos reaching towards the heavens, stand as silent testaments to the dedication of those who have worked this ground. The distinctive character of Edgewood is etched not in stone, but in the shared understanding of the seasons, the neighbourly spirit that blooms in times of need, and the unwavering connection to the earth that defines life here.
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| Location | Edgewood, Boone County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.241132°N, 88.920935°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61016, 62426 |
| Area Code | 847, 224, 217 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Edgewood, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edgewood, 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 Edgewood includes coordinates 42.241132°N, 88.920935°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 61016, 62426. 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. 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.
