Long Grove, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Long Grove, Lake County.
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Long Grove unfolds as a landscape of gentle hills, where the rich earth, a deep, almost bruised loam, breathes under a sky that often stretches in vast, unblemished expanses. It lies 2.7 miles north-west of Buffalo Grove, IL (from Buffalo Grove, IL: bearing 314°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north of Arlington Heights. Ancient oaks, their limbs gnarled like the knuckles of an old farmer, stand sentinel over fields that, in certain seasons, blush with the subtle hues of ripening corn and soybeans. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, sharp scent of wet grass and damp soil, a perfume that clings to the very bones of the place. Small streams, their surfaces often broken by the darting flash of minnows, weave through the terrain, their banks softened by a tangle of wildflowers and wild grasses. This land, once a quiet expanse of prairie and woodlands, carries the echoes of its agricultural past, with remnants of farmsteads and barns still dotting the horizon, their weathered wood a testament to generations of cultivation. Long Grove’s economy, though diversified now, still holds a reverence for the bounty of the earth, with artisanal food producers and farmers' markets celebrating the local harvest. The village center, a cluster of charming, historic buildings, serves as the heart of this enduring community, drawing visitors with its distinctive character and the promise of a slower, more deliberate way of life, where the pace is dictated less by clocks and more by the turning of the seasons.
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| Location | Long Grove, Lake County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.178358°N, 87.997852°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60047 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Grove, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Long Grove includes coordinates 42.178358°N, 87.997852°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 60047. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.