Orland Hills, Illinois Weather
Orland Hills, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Orland Hills, Cook County.
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About Orland Hills, Illinois
Orland Hills unfolds across a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate sculpting of glaciers, a place where the land rises and falls in a gentle, almost imperceptible swell. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of Tinley Park, IL (from Tinley Park, IL: bearing 285°T), and is situated 3.2 miles south of Orland Park. Open skies dominate here, stretching wide above well-tended lawns and the occasional cluster of mature oak trees, their branches reaching like weathered hands. The air, particularly in the late afternoons of late spring, carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of freshly cut grass and the faint, earthy perfume of damp soil after a brief shower. Residential streets, lined with a variety of homes, form a quiet grid, punctuated by small parks that offer pockets of green respite, their playgrounds echoing with the bright, fleeting sounds of children at play. The history of Orland Hills is rooted in the agricultural rhythms of its past, a time when this land was part of a broader, more expansive prairie. Though the fields have largely yielded to suburban development, the echoes of that agrarian heritage can still be felt in the broader, open feel of the terrain and the persistent charm of its residential character. The local economy, now a blend of retail services and commuter-based employment, reflects the transition from a rural outpost to a thriving part of the greater metropolitan area. There are no grand monuments or ancient ruins, but rather the everyday distinctiveness of a community built on steady growth and the quiet pursuit of comfortable living, a place where the hum of traffic on nearby thoroughfares is a constant reminder of its connection to the wider world.
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| Location | Orland Hills, Cook County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.585311°N, 87.843108°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60487 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orland Hills, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orland Hills, 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 Orland Hills includes coordinates 41.585311°N, 87.843108°W, situated in Cook County. ZIP code 60487. 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. 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.
