Harwood Heights, Illinois Weather
Harwood Heights, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Harwood Heights, Cook County.
Full aviation weather for Harwood Heights is published on the Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD) page, 8 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. 4 airfields within reach of Harwood 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 Harwood Heights: Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) 21 km · Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY) 51 km · Lansing Municipal Airport (KIGQ) 53 km
Conditions reported at KORD describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harwood Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Harwood Heights, Illinois
Harwood Heights unfolds as a mosaic of suburban resilience, a place where the flat prairie land, characteristic of this corner of Cook County, meets the steady pulse of everyday life. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-east of Park Ridge, IL (from Park Ridge, IL: bearing 151°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-north-west of Cicero. The terrain here is largely unassuming, a gentle stretch of earth that supports well-tended lawns and sturdy homes, each with its own small patch of sky overhead. Streetlights cast a warm, consistent glow as dusk settles, blurring the edges of sidewalks and turning familiar driveways into lanes of soft amber light. There's a quiet dignity in the way the houses stand, a sense of settled belonging that permeates the air, a feeling of being grounded, even as the distant hum of larger thoroughfares reminds you of the sprawling metropolis it is a part of. The story of Harwood Heights is one of post-war growth and the quiet accumulation of lives, a narrative woven from the threads of modest ambition and community building. Originally farmland and open spaces, the area saw significant development in the mid-20th century, attracting families seeking a slice of suburban peace. Its local economy has long been tied to the broader Chicago area, with residents commuting to a wide array of industries, though a strong retail presence, particularly around the presence of a large shopping center, provides local employment and a hub for neighborhood activity. The very air here seems to carry a faint echo of the laughter from playgrounds and the steady rhythm of lawnmowers on summer afternoons, a testament to the generations that have called Harwood Heights home.
Live animated radar for Harwood 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 | Harwood Heights, Cook County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.967253°N, 87.807561°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60706 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harwood Heights, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harwood 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 Harwood Heights includes coordinates 41.967253°N, 87.807561°W, situated in Cook County. ZIP code 60706. 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. 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.
