Nora, Illinois Weather
Nora, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nora, Jo Daviess County.
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About Nora, Illinois
Nora rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to sigh with the passage of seasons, a place of rolling hills that hint at ancient glacial sculpting, their slopes softened by a generous cloak of cornfields and pastureland. It lies 20.2 miles south-west of Green, WI (from Green, WI: bearing 234°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-west of Lena. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas that can shift from the pale, hopeful wash of dawn to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a coming storm with a breathtaking swiftness. Deep ravines, carved by the patient work of water over millennia, snake through the terrain, their shadowed depths offering a cool, hushed contrast to the sun-drenched openness above. The air itself often carries a faint, sweet scent of turned earth and ripening grain, a perfume unique to this corner of Jo Daviess County. The character of Nora is inextricably tied to the rhythm of agriculture, a heritage deeply sown into the very soil. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, primarily in the form of crops that paint the landscape in alternating shades of green and gold throughout the year. This enduring connection to the earth has fostered a quiet resilience and a strong sense of community, where neighbors understand the shared labor and rewards of the farming life. While no grand monuments dominate the horizon, the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses stand as silent witnesses to the fortitude and dedication of those who have called Nora home, each structure a testament to a life lived in close communion with the land.
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| Location | Nora, Jo Daviess County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.455842°N, 89.945401°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61059 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nora, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nora, 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 Nora includes coordinates 42.455842°N, 89.945401°W, situated in Jo Daviess County. ZIP code 61059. 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.
