Mount Carroll, Illinois Weather
Mount Carroll, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mount Carroll, Carroll County.
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About Mount Carroll, Illinois
Mount Carroll rises from the rolling landscape like a quiet secret, its small cluster of buildings a gentle punctuation mark against the wide Illinois sky. It lies 41.0 miles south-south-west of Green, WI (from Green, WI: bearing 206°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east of Savanna. The land here softens into a series of low hills and broad valleys, the earth a rich, dark loam that promises abundance. Ancient oaks and maples, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, stand sentinel along the creek beds, their leaves whispering secrets to the breeze that sweeps across the open fields. In the twilight, the air stills, carrying the scent of damp earth and ripening corn, and the distant bleating of sheep drifts like a lullaby from the farms that dot the horizon, each one a small, self-contained world under the vast, darkening dome. The history of Mount Carroll is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its settlers and the fertile land they cultivated. Founded in the mid-19th century, it grew from a frontier outpost to a hub for the surrounding agricultural community, its economy long tied to the bounty of the soil – corn, soybeans, and cattle forming the backbone of its prosperity. The distinctive architecture of its downtown, with its Victorian-era storefronts and sturdy brick buildings, hints at a time of steady growth and quiet ambition. Carroll County's past is also woven with the threads of education, with institutions that have nurtured generations and left an indelible mark on the cultural character of Mount Carroll, fostering a sense of community pride that persists even as the rhythms of modern life shift and change.
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| Location | Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.095023°N, 89.97818°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61053 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Carroll, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Carroll, 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 Mount Carroll includes coordinates 42.095023°N, 89.978180°W, situated in Carroll County. ZIP code 61053. 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. 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.
