Mazon, Illinois Weather
Mazon, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Mazon, Grundy County.
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About Mazon, Illinois
Mazon lies low and flat, a broad sweep of Illinois prairie where the sky seems to press down with a gentle, almost palpable weight. It lies 26.3 miles south-west of Joliet, IL (from Joliet, IL: bearing 222°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south of Morris. The land rolls with the subtle, patient curves of a sleeping giant, broken only by the straight lines of grain fields stretching to the horizon and the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that stand like sentinels against the wind. A subtle, earthy scent, a blend of damp soil and ripening corn, hangs perpetually in the air, a constant reminder of the deep roots that hold this place fast. Even the sunlight here seems diffused, softened by the vastness of the open sky, casting a pale, buttery glow on the weathered barns and the quiet residential streets. The history of Mazon is written in the slow, steady pulse of agriculture, a legacy stretching back to the early settlers who coaxed sustenance from this fertile earth. For generations, the rhythm of planting and harvest has dictated the pace of life, shaping a community built on hard work and mutual reliance. The local economy, while diversifying, still leans heavily on the bounty of the surrounding fields, with grain elevators standing as stoic monuments to this enduring connection. Echoes of a past, when the railroad was the lifeline connecting this prairie outpost to the wider world, can still be felt in the way the streets align and the quiet hum of distant freight trains occasionally drifts on the breeze, a low thrumming that seems to carry the weight of time.
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| Location | Mazon, Grundy County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.241422°N, 88.41951°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60444 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mazon, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mazon, 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 Mazon includes coordinates 41.241422°N, 88.419510°W, situated in Grundy County. ZIP code 60444. 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.
