Mettawa, Illinois Weather
Mettawa, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mettawa, Lake County.
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About Mettawa, Illinois
Mettawa unfolds across a landscape sculpted by the slow, persistent hand of glacial retreat. It lies 2.9 miles east-north-east of Vernon Hills, IL (from Vernon Hills, IL: bearing 71°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-south-west of Waukegan. Rolling terrain, a legacy of ice sheets that once covered this land, gives way to pockets of dense woodland and open meadows, where the wind can gather itself before sighing through the leaves. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon as the sun begins its descent, carries a damp, earthy scent, a mingling of decaying leaves and the promise of dew on the grasses. The land itself feels permeable, absorbing the sounds of the world with a quiet resilience, and the sky above seems to stretch on forever, a vast, pale canvas for the passing clouds. This is a place where the echoes of agriculture still resonate, though the fields that once defined its economy have largely yielded to residential development and preserves. For generations, the rich soil supported crops and livestock, a sturdy backbone for the livelihoods of those who settled here. Today, the character of Mettawa is shaped by a blend of its rural past and a desire to maintain its natural beauty, evident in the protected open spaces and the quietude that pervades its neighborhoods. The presence of the Des Plaines River, a vital artery threading through the region, hints at the long history of human passage and settlement, its banks a silent witness to centuries of change.
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| Location | Mettawa, Lake County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.233357°N, 87.925906°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60048 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mettawa, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mettawa, 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 Mettawa includes coordinates 42.233357°N, 87.925906°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 60048. 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.
