Mount Carroll, Illinois Weather
Mount Carroll, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mount Carroll, Carroll County.
Full aviation weather for Mount Carroll is published on the Albertus Airport (KFEP) page, 37 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. 3 airfields within reach of Mount Carroll 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 Mount Carroll: Freeport/Dornink Airport (KC86) 46 km · Ogle County Airport (KC55) 49 km
Conditions reported at KFEP describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Carroll specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Carroll.
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.
Live animated radar for Mount Carroll 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
