Highland Park, Illinois Weather
Highland Park, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Highland Park, Lake County.
Full aviation weather for Highland Park is published on the Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK) page, 11 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 Highland Park 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 Highland Park: Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD) 24 km · Waukegan National Airport (KUGN) 27 km · Campbell Airport (KC81) 28 km · Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) 43 km · Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) 44 km
Conditions reported at KPWK describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Highland Park specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Highland Park, Illinois
Highland Park rises from the rolling terrain of Lake County, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet grace. It lies 4.0 miles north-north-east of Northbrook, IL (from Northbrook, IL: bearing 21°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north of Glenview. Broadleaf trees, their canopies forming a verdant ceiling, cast dappled shadows on winding residential streets, hinting at the proximity of more wild spaces. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun dips low, carries a crispness, a clean scent of damp earth and distant lake water, as if the very atmosphere is being scrubbed by the breeze. It is a landscape that feels both cultivated and untamed, where manicured lawns give way to the sturdy, enduring presence of mature oaks and maples, their branches reaching outward like an ancient benediction. The history of Highland Park is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its founders, who envisioned a community that balanced natural beauty with refined living. Early development, spurred by the arrival of the railroad, transformed this stretch of the North Shore into a desirable destination, attracting families who sought refuge from the burgeoning city to the south. The local economy, once more agrarian, has long since shifted, now anchored by a vibrant retail and service sector that caters to a discerning clientele, alongside a strong presence of professional services. Beyond the charming storefronts and bustling avenues, the legacy of its past is whispered in the architecture of its older homes and the enduring community traditions that continue to shape the character of Highland Park.
Live animated radar for Highland Park 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 | Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.181692°N, 87.800344°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60035 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Highland Park, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Highland Park, 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 Highland Park includes coordinates 42.181692°N, 87.800344°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 60035. Telephone area code: 312, 773. 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.
