Shorewood, Illinois Weather
Shorewood, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shorewood, DuPage County.
Full aviation weather for Shorewood is published on the Dupage Airport (KDPA) page, 14 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 Shorewood 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 Shorewood: Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport (K1C5) 23 km · Lewis University Airport (KLOT) 32 km · Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) 36 km · Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT) 43 km · DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport (KDKB) 52 km
Conditions reported at KDPA describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shorewood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shorewood.
About Shorewood, Illinois
Shorewood presents a tableau of gently rolling topography, where the land rises and falls with a quiet grace, hinting at the ancient glacial forces that shaped this corner of Illinois. Oak and maple trees, their branches reaching skyward as if in perpetual supplication, punctuate the manicured lawns of residential neighborhoods, their leaves often catching the late afternoon sun in a warm, golden haze. The air here, particularly in the early autumn, carries a crisp, clean scent of drying leaves and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume that speaks of the changing seasons. Small streams, often veiled by overhanging foliage, meander through the terrain, their hushed murmur a constant undercurrent to the sounds of suburban life. This land, once part of the vast prairies that defined the Illinois landscape, has a history deeply intertwined with agriculture, its fertile soil yielding harvests for generations. The growth of Shorewood itself, however, is a more recent chapter, a testament to the post-war expansion that saw families drawn to its promise of open spaces and a burgeoning sense of community. While not a hub of heavy industry, Shorewood's economy thrives on a blend of local businesses and its role as a convenient residential center for those working in the wider metropolitan area, fostering a pace of life that feels both connected and comfortably removed. The distinctiveness of Shorewood lies perhaps in this harmonious blend, a place where the echoes of prairie wind still seem to whisper through the rustling leaves of its well-established trees.
Live animated radar for Shorewood 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.
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| Location | Shorewood, DuPage County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.899196°N, 88.079791°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60139, 60404 |
| Area Code | 312, 773, 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shorewood, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shorewood, 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 Shorewood includes coordinates 41.899196°N, 88.079791°W, situated in DuPage County. ZIP code 60139, 60404. Telephone area code: 312, 773, 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.
