Elmwood Park, Illinois Weather
Elmwood Park, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Elmwood Park, Cook County.
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About Elmwood Park, Illinois
Elmwood Park unfurls itself across a landscape shaped by the patient work of glaciers, its terrain a gentle flattening that hints at distant, more dramatic elevations. It lies 2.8 miles north-north-west of Oak Park, IL (from Oak Park, IL: bearing 333°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-north-west of Chicago. The land here, a rich loam, supports a verdant growth that softens the edges of human habitation, with mature trees lining residential streets and casting dappled shade on sidewalks. During the late afternoon, the light often takes on a honeyed quality, illuminating the sturdy brick of older homes and lending a warm glow to the meticulously kept lawns, a quiet testament to the care residents invest in their surroundings. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and mown grass, a grounding aroma that speaks of the cyclical nature of life in this part of the county. The history of Elmwood Park is intrinsically tied to the westward expansion of Chicago, a story of suburban growth blooming from fertile ground. Its founding and development were deeply influenced by the burgeoning streetcar lines that connected it to the metropolis, fostering a strong sense of local identity separate yet linked to the larger urban pulse. The local economy, once rooted in smaller industries and retail, has increasingly become a bedroom community, its residents commuting to jobs throughout the wider metropolitan area, though pockets of local businesses still thrive, offering a familiar comfort. Elmwood Park’s distinctive character is perhaps best captured in its enduring architectural styles, a blend of bungalows and more substantial homes, each telling a silent story of generations who have found their home here, their lives woven into the very fabric of the place.
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| Location | Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.921142°N, 87.809227°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60707 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elmwood Park, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elmwood Park, 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 Elmwood Park includes coordinates 41.921142°N, 87.809227°W, situated in Cook County. ZIP code 60707. Telephone area code: 630, 331. 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.
