Milledgeville, Illinois Weather
Milledgeville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Milledgeville, Carroll County.
Full aviation weather for Milledgeville is published on the Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field (KSQI) page, 26 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Milledgeville have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Milledgeville: Tri Township Airport (KSFY) 29 km · Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field (KC73) 31 km · Ogle County Airport (KC55) 33 km · Albertus Airport (KFEP) 35 km · Clinton Municipal Airport (KCWI) 48 km
Conditions reported at KSQI describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Milledgeville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Milledgeville, Illinois
Milledgeville rests in a landscape of quiet, rolling farmland, where the rich soil breathes the scent of turned earth and distant, sun-baked hay. It lies 40.9 miles west-south-west of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 239°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east-south-east of Chadwick. The land here, softened by eons of prairie winds, rises and falls in gentle swells that define the horizon, a patchwork of cornfields and soybean rows stretching towards the hazy blue of the summer sky. Oak and maple trees, sturdy sentinels of seasons past, punctuate the fields, their branches a deep, verdant green against the bright, open expanse. The air itself carries a certain stillness, a palpable sense of patience that seems to emanate from the very ground, and when the sun begins its slow descent, it paints the western sky with hues of apricot and rose, casting long, embracing shadows across the furrows. The story of Milledgeville is etched into the agricultural heritage of this region, a testament to generations who coaxed sustenance from this fertile earth. Its origins are rooted in the settlement of the northwestern Illinois prairie, a place where hardy pioneers found their fortune in the abundant land. The local economy still largely revolves around the bounty of the fields, with grain elevators standing as silent monuments to the harvest, their silos reaching towards the clouds like weathered fingers. Life in Milledgeville moves at a pace dictated by the sun and the seasons, a steady, unhurried rhythm that allows for neighborly conversations on front porches and the shared anticipation of a good crop. The nearby waterways, though modest, offer their own quiet beauty, reflecting the vast sky and providing a cool respite on warm days, a constant reminder of the enduring connection between the people and the land they inhabit.
Live animated radar for Milledgeville and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Milledgeville, Carroll County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.963362°N, 89.77456°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61051 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Milledgeville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Milledgeville, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Milledgeville includes coordinates 41.963362°N, 89.774560°W, situated in Carroll County. ZIP code 61051. Telephone area code: 847, 224. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
