Lakewood, Illinois Weather
Lakewood, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lakewood, McHenry County.
Full aviation weather for Lakewood is published on the Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) page, 4 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood: Galt Field (K10C) 19 km · Campbell Airport (KC81) 25 km · Dacy Airport (K0C0) 30 km · Camp Lake Airport (K49C) 37 km · Poplar Grove Airport (KC77) 41 km
Conditions reported at K3CK describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lakewood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lakewood.
About Lakewood, Illinois
Lakewood, Illinois, unfurls across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the earth breathes with the soft contours of the prairie’s embrace. It lies 2.2 miles west-south-west of Crystal Lake, IL (from Crystal Lake, IL: bearing 247°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-north-west of Carpentersville. The sky here is a vast, ever-changing canvas, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun, low and golden, casts long, stretching shadows that lend a painterly depth to the scattered stands of oak and maple. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of damp soil and the distant, sweet perfume of mown fields, a testament to the agricultural spirit that still whispers through the land. Small, winding roads meander between properties, their asphalt surfaces worn smooth by the passage of generations, hinting at the unhurried pace of life that defines this corner of McHenry County. The history of Lakewood is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of the region, a place where the cultivation of the land has long been the bedrock of its economy. While the whispers of farming still echo, the character of Lakewood has evolved, embracing a more suburban rhythm as families have found a tranquil haven here, drawn by the promise of open spaces and a strong sense of community. It’s a place where children still learn the names of wildflowers in sun-drenched meadows, and where the evening light, a soft, diffused glow, seems to linger a little longer, bathing the quiet streets in a serene, almost nostalgic luminescence.
Live animated radar for Lakewood 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 | Lakewood, McHenry County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.22919°N, 88.355086°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62438, 60014 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lakewood, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lakewood, 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 Lakewood includes coordinates 42.229190°N, 88.355086°W, situated in McHenry County. ZIP code 62438, 60014. 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.
