Delavan Lake, Wisconsin Weather
Delavan Lake, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Delavan Lake, Walworth County.
Full aviation weather for Delavan Lake is published on the Lake Lawn Airport (KC59) page, 6 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 Delavan Lake 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 Delavan Lake: Grand Geneva Resort Airport (KC02) 20 km · Dacy Airport (K0C0) 20 km · Beloit Airport (K44C) 29 km · Galt Field (K10C) 29 km · Burlington Municipal Airport (KBUU) 29 km
Conditions reported at KC59 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Delavan Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Delavan Lake.
About Delavan Lake, Wisconsin
Delavan Lake sprawls in a generous curve, its surface a shifting canvas of blues and grays under the vast Wisconsin sky. It lies 20.8 miles east-south-east of Janesville, WI (from Janesville, WI: bearing 109°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-west of Elkhorn. The land slopes gently towards its shores, a mosaic of manicured lawns and wilder, reedy edges where dragonflies dart on iridescent wings. Deeper inland, the terrain rises into rolling hills, their contours softened by the persistent cultivation of corn and soybean fields, their stalks rustling like secrets in the prairie breeze. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant mown hay, a clean, honest fragrance that speaks of the changing seasons. Even on a placid afternoon, a certain restless energy hums beneath the surface of this watery heartland, a quiet anticipation of summer storms or the sudden flurry of migrating birds. This place has long drawn people to its waters, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the ebb and flow of generations drawn to its recreational allure. Once a popular resort destination, drawing visitors from Chicago and beyond with its promise of cool breezes and lively entertainment, Delavan Lake still retains a whisper of that past grandeur in its aging boathouses and the faint echo of laughter across the water. Today, its economy is a blend of tourism that swells in the summer months, supporting a constellation of marinas, ice cream shops, and lakeside cottages, and the steady, agricultural pulse of the surrounding countryside. The waters themselves remain the lifeblood, a place for quiet contemplation on a paddleboard or the exhilarating rush of a speedboat, a continuous invitation to engage with the natural beauty that defines Delavan Lake.
Live animated radar for Delavan Lake 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Delavan Lake, Walworth County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 42.584182°N, 88.632602°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 53115 |
| Area Code | 608 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Delavan Lake, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, 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 Delavan Lake includes coordinates 42.584182°N, 88.632602°W, situated in Walworth County. ZIP code 53115. Telephone area code: 608. 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.
