Hickory Hills, Illinois Weather
Hickory Hills, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hickory Hills, Lake County.
Full aviation weather for Hickory Hills is published on the Campbell Airport (KC81) page, 16 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 Hickory Hills 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 Hickory Hills: Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) 23 km · Galt Field (K10C) 37 km · Camp Lake Airport (K49C) 40 km · Dacy Airport (K0C0) 54 km · Grand Geneva Resort Airport (KC02) 56 km
Conditions reported at KC81 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hickory Hills specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hickory Hills.
About Hickory Hills, Illinois
Hickory Hills unfolds across a gentle, rolling topography, where the land itself seems to sigh with a quiet grace. It lies 4.5 miles south-west of Vernon Hills, IL (from Vernon Hills, IL: bearing 232°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-north-west of Arlington Heights. Broad swathes of manicured green, punctuated by clusters of mature oak and, yes, hickory trees, define the residential neighborhoods, their leaves catching the afternoon sun in a shimmering display. The air here, especially on a humid summer evening, carries the faint, sweet perfume of mown grass and distant blooming honeysuckle, a scent that clings to the skin like a pleasant memory. Roads, paved and well-maintained, curve organically through the landscape, mirroring the natural contours of the terrain rather than imposing a rigid grid upon it. The sky above Hickory Hills often stretches wide and pale, a canvas for clouds that drift with a leisurely pace, occasionally breaking open to cast pools of golden light upon the well-kept lawns and quiet streets. This corner of Lake County, while seemingly tranquil, carries echoes of a past shaped by agriculture and a burgeoning suburban dream. Long before the houses and the quiet hum of lawnmowers, the land was a different kind of living, yielding crops to farmers who understood the rhythm of the seasons. The local economy, now primarily driven by the services and retail that support its resident population, still retains a connection to the land, evident in the well-tended parks and the occasional, lingering agricultural fields that border its developed areas. Hickory Hills is known for its family-friendly atmosphere, a place where the pace of life allows for the simple pleasures – a shared meal on a patio, a walk through the neighborhood as twilight deepens, or the sound of children’s laughter carrying on the evening breeze.
Live animated radar for Hickory Hills 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 | Hickory Hills, Lake County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.179469°N, 88.048131°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61254, 60047, 60457 |
| Area Code | 312, 773, 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hickory Hills, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hickory Hills, 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 Hickory Hills includes coordinates 42.179469°N, 88.048131°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 61254, 60047, 60457. Telephone area code: 312, 773, 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.
