Chicago Heights, Illinois Weather
Chicago Heights, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Chicago Heights, Cook County.
Full aviation weather for Chicago Heights is published on the Lansing Municipal Airport (KIGQ) page, 9 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 Chicago Heights 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 Chicago Heights: Bult Field (KC56) 15 km · Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY) 22 km · Hobart Sky Ranch Airport (K3HO) 32 km · Lowell Airport (KC97) 32 km · Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) 33 km
Conditions reported at KIGQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chicago Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Chicago Heights, Illinois
Chicago Heights, a place where the flatlands of Cook County stretch toward the horizon, carries the distinct character of its Midwestern setting. It lies 6.4 miles south-west of Lansing, IL (from Lansing, IL: bearing 231°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-west of Hammond. The terrain here is largely level, a gentle inclination towards the south, where the occasional rise in the land offers a subtle break in the unbroken expanse. Streets, laid out in a grid, are lined with a diverse mix of residential architecture, from sturdy bungalows to more modern dwellings, punctuated by pockets of commercial strips that hum with the everyday commerce of life. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, often carries a faint, dry scent, a whisper of prairie soil disturbed by wind and industry. This corner of Cook County has long been a crossroads of labor and aspiration, its identity forged in the fires of industrial growth. Once a significant hub for manufacturing, Chicago Heights remembers a time when factories dotted its landscape, their smokestacks reaching for the sky, fueling a local economy built on hard work and production. While some of those industrial giants have since faded, the spirit of enterprise endures, now evident in a more diversified economic base, including logistics, retail, and service industries. The town's history is also marked by the waves of immigrants who found work and built lives here, their cultural threads woven into the community's rich tapestry, contributing to a palpable sense of resilience and enduring spirit.
Live animated radar for Chicago Heights 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 | Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.506146°N, 87.6356°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60411, 60412 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chicago Heights, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chicago Heights, 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 Chicago Heights includes coordinates 41.506146°N, 87.635600°W, situated in Cook County. ZIP code 60411, 60412. Telephone area code: 708. 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.
