Whitewater, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Whitewater, Walworth County.
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Whitewater settles into the rolling hills of Walworth County like a well-worn quilt, its landscape a gentle embrace of fertile farmland and scattered woodlands. It lies 17.9 miles north-east of Janesville, WI (from Janesville, WI: bearing 54°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-east of Fort Atkinson. The air here often carries the clean scent of damp earth after a rain, a subtle perfume mingling with the distant hum of tractors. Open fields, gold or green depending on the season, stretch towards horizons that seem to breathe with the vastness of the Wisconsin sky, a sky that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue to a bruised twilight purple with remarkable speed. The land itself feels patient, a quiet observer of the seasons turning, its contours smoothed by glaciers long departed but still whispering their history in the subtle swells and dips. The story of Whitewater is one of agricultural roots and educational ambition, a place that grew from the fertile promise of the land. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the bounty of the soil, with corn and soybeans dominating the patchwork of fields that define the surrounding countryside. Yet, Whitewater also pulses with the energy of a university town, the presence of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater infusing the community with a youthful vibrancy and a spirit of inquiry that animates its streets. This duality, the steady hand of farming and the quickening pulse of learning, gives Whitewater a unique character, a place where tradition and progress walk hand in hand under the broad, open sky.
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| Location | Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 42.83362°N, 88.732327°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 53190 |
| Area Code | 608 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitewater, Wisconsin, 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 Whitewater includes coordinates 42.833620°N, 88.732327°W, situated in Walworth County. ZIP code 53190. 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. 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.