Glenwood, Illinois Weather
Glenwood, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Glenwood, Cook County.
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About Glenwood, Illinois
Glenwood lies in a low-lying basin, where the land breathes a humid, almost sighing, quality in the summer months, a gentle exhalation from the broad, flat plains that stretch towards horizons that seem to recede with every passing mile. It lies 3.0 miles north-east of Chicago Heights, IL (from Chicago Heights, IL: bearing 34°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west-south-west of Hammond. The terrain here is not dramatic; it is a landscape of quiet persistence, of fields that yield to suburban sprawl with a kind of weary resignation. Broadleaf trees, their canopies a dense, verdant quilt in the warmer seasons, line the streets, their leaves rustling with a sound that is both a murmur and a whisper, a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the broader symphony of traffic and distant sirens. Dusk often paints the sky in muted tones of ochre and bruised plum, the light softening the edges of houses and the occasional strip mall, lending a transient beauty to the ordinary. The history of Glenwood is tied to the slow, deliberate march of settlement across the Midwestern plains, a story written in the furrows of long-gone farms and the foundations of modest homes. Its economy, once anchored by the agricultural bounty of the surrounding countryside, has shifted, now a blend of service industries and the steady pulse of commuters heading to larger urban centers. Yet, echoes of its past linger; the occasional weathered barn, a relic against the modern brick and vinyl, stands as a silent witness. The local waterways, though often channelized and subdued, still carry the legacy of their wilder origins, a subtle reminder of the forces that shaped this land before roads and subdivisions imposed their own order.
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| Location | Glenwood, Cook County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.542535°N, 87.602266°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60425 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Glenwood, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glenwood, 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 Glenwood includes coordinates 41.542535°N, 87.602266°W, situated in Cook County. ZIP code 60425. 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. 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.
