McCullom Lake, Illinois Weather
McCullom Lake, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for McCullom Lake, McHenry County.
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About McCullom Lake, Illinois
McCullom Lake lies in a gentle depression of the prairie, its surface a broad, shimmering mirror reflecting the wide Illinois sky. It lies 2.8 miles north-north-west of McHenry, IL (from McHenry, IL: bearing 331°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north of Crystal Lake. The land around it is a patchwork of cultivated fields and stands of mature oak and maple, their leaves rustling with a sound like distant surf when the wind sweeps across the open country. The shoreline is a mix of manicured lawns bordering modest homes and stretches of reedy marsh, where the calls of unseen birds punctuate the quiet air. In the humid stillness of a summer evening, the air grows thick with the scent of mown grass and damp earth, and dragonflies, like jeweled helicopters, dart low over the water’s surface. The history of McCullom Lake is tied to the broader narrative of agricultural settlement in McHenry County, its name echoing the families who first tilled this fertile ground. For generations, the land sustained them, and though the economy has shifted, echoes of that agrarian past can still be felt in the enduring connection to the land. Today, McCullom Lake is primarily a residential community, its character shaped by families drawn to the tranquility of lakeside living and the accessibility to the larger Chicago metropolitan area. Its distinctiveness lies not in grand monuments, but in the quiet hum of everyday life, the shared enjoyment of its waters for fishing and boating, and the subtle beauty of its place within the rolling, open landscape of northern Illinois.
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| Location | McCullom Lake, McHenry County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.368354°N, 88.292588°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60050 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McCullom Lake, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McCullom Lake, 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 McCullom Lake includes coordinates 42.368354°N, 88.292588°W, situated in McHenry County. ZIP code 60050. Telephone area code: 312, 773. 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.
