South Chicago Heights, Illinois Weather
South Chicago Heights, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for South Chicago Heights, Cook County.
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About South Chicago Heights, Illinois
South Chicago Heights sits on land that once saw vast prairies stretch to the horizon, a flat, broad expanse under an ever-shifting sky. It lies 1.8 miles south of Chicago Heights, IL (from Chicago Heights, IL: bearing 184°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-east of Tinley Park. The terrain here is gently rolling, a subtle undulation that belies its origins, now crisscrossed by residential streets and the straight, purposeful lines of industry. Mature trees, their branches reaching like patient arms, soften the edges of neighborhoods, and in the late afternoon, the sunlight slants low, bathing the clapboard houses and brick storefronts in a warm, almost nostalgic glow. The air, particularly after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and mown grass, a quiet testament to the persistent life that thrives on this reclaimed prairie soil. This corner of Cook County, South Chicago Heights, has a history deeply entwined with the industrial surge of the 20th century, its growth spurred by the nearby steel mills and manufacturing plants that once defined the region's economic heartbeat. Though the landscape has evolved, and some of those giants have faded, the spirit of hard work and practical endeavor remains. The local economy, while diversifying, still carries echoes of its manufacturing past, with businesses that serve both the residential population and the surrounding industrial corridors. You can feel it in the steady hum of traffic on major thoroughfares and the quiet dignity of the older homes, each with its own story of families who built lives here, drawn by the promise of work and a place to call their own.
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| Location | South Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.480868°N, 87.637821°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60411, 60475 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This South Chicago Heights, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Chicago Heights, 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 South Chicago Heights includes coordinates 41.480868°N, 87.637821°W, situated in Cook County. ZIP code 60411, 60475. 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.
