Preston Heights, Illinois Weather
Preston Heights, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Preston Heights, Will County.
Full aviation weather for Preston Heights is published on the Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT) page, 8 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 Preston Heights 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 Preston Heights: Lewis University Airport (KLOT) 13 km · Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport (K1C5) 23 km · Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn field (KC09) 29 km · Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) 44 km · Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) 45 km
Conditions reported at KJOT describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Preston Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Preston Heights, Illinois
Preston Heights unfolds across a landscape that whispers of the prairie’s patient expanse, a gentle rolling terrain where the sky feels vast and ever-present. It lies 2.3 miles south of Joliet, IL (from Joliet, IL: bearing 180°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-south-west of New Lenox. Fields of corn and soybeans, golden and green in turn, stretch towards horizons softened by distance, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees marking a farmstead or a small copse. The air here, especially as twilight deepens, carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of damp soil and growing things. Even the roads, straight and purposeful, seem to lead the eye outwards, towards the boundless sky that presides over Preston Heights. This corner of Will County carries the imprint of its agricultural past, a legacy etched into the very contours of the land. For generations, the fertile soil of Preston Heights has been coaxed into yielding abundant harvests, a quiet testament to the enduring partnership between human endeavor and the earth's generosity. While the rhythm of farming still defines much of the local character, the proximity to larger urban centers has introduced a subtle hum of commerce and a more varied economic pulse. It is a place where the quiet dignity of rural life coexists with the conveniences of modern progress, a blend that gives Preston Heights its own distinct, unhurried cadence.
Live animated radar for Preston Heights and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Preston Heights, Will County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.491698°N, 88.081724°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60436, 60433 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Preston Heights, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Preston Heights, 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 Preston Heights includes coordinates 41.491698°N, 88.081724°W, situated in Will County. ZIP code 60436, 60433. 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.
