Highland Park, IL Weather Forecast
Lake County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Highland Park, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A dry afternoon, mostly sunny
It is 60° with a dew point of 34°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny.
The wind turns to the northwest around 3 AM. Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 44°. Tomorrow tops out near 59°.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
32–59°F across the weekThe week runs between 32° and 59°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. The second half leans cooling, and Friday is the coolest day in it. Wednesday is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 4 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Highland Park, IL at a glance
Highland Park is home to about 30,272 people in Lake County, across 12 square miles. It ranks 63rd by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Highwood, 2 miles away.
- County
- Lake County
- Population
- 30,272 2023 est.
- Land area
- 12 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,474
- Forecast point
- 42.1824°N, 87.8108°W
How well can the network see Highland Park?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,800 ft above Highland Park. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Highland Park is closer to its radar than 53% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPWK (Chicago Exec). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Highland Park
- Highwood, IL2 mi
- Deerfield, IL2 mi
- Northbrook, IL4 mi
- Glencoe, IL4 mi
- Riverwoods, IL4 mi
- Lake Forest, IL4 mi
- Lincolnshire, IL6 mi
- Northfield, IL6 mi
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