Hodgkins, Illinois Weather
Hodgkins, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hodgkins, Cook County.
Full aviation weather for Hodgkins is published on the Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) page, 9 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 Hodgkins 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 Hodgkins: Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD) 24 km · Lansing Municipal Airport (KIGQ) 38 km · Gary/Chicago International Airport (KGYY) 41 km · Bult Field (KC56) 46 km · Hobart Sky Ranch Airport (K3HO) 55 km
Conditions reported at KMDW describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hodgkins specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hodgkins.
About Hodgkins, Illinois
Hodgkins breathes the air of the flatlands, a place where the sky feels vast and unburdened by dramatic peaks. It lies 4.7 miles west-north-west of Burbank, IL (from Burbank, IL: bearing 301°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-west of Cicero. The terrain here is a patient, unassuming expanse, marked by the straight lines of roads and the orderly grids of development. Here, the land lies open, a canvas for the shifting moods of the Midwestern sky, where clouds can gather with an almost theatrical grandeur before dissolving into a soft, diffused light. The occasional cluster of mature oaks provides a welcome, if modest, punctuation to the broader landscape, their branches reaching out like weathered hands against the horizon. This corner of Cook County, Illinois, has long been a nexus of commerce and transit, a place where the practicalities of industry have shaped its character. Hodgkins itself has historically been a hub for transportation and warehousing, its economy deeply intertwined with the logistical arteries that crisscross the region. The hum of activity, a constant but not necessarily intrusive murmur, speaks of goods moving, of connections being made, and of a pragmatic diligence that underpins the daily life. There's a subtle charm in this functionality, in the straightforward purpose that defines many of its structures and the steady rhythm of its working days, a quiet dignity in its role as a vital link in the larger economic chain.
Live animated radar for Hodgkins 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Hodgkins, Cook County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.768921°N, 87.857835°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60525, 60480 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hodgkins, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hodgkins, 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 Hodgkins includes coordinates 41.768921°N, 87.857835°W, situated in Cook County. ZIP code 60525, 60480. 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. 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.
