Burnham, IL Weather Forecast
Cook County, Illinois
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The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
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Burnham, IL at a glance
Burnham is home to about 3,869 people in Cook County, across 1.9 square miles. It ranks 377th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Dolton, 3 miles away.
- County
- Cook County
- Population
- 3,869 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,086
- Forecast point
- 41.6395°N, 87.5450°W
How well can the network see Burnham?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 1,700 ft above Burnham. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Burnham show up clearly. Burnham is closer to its radar than 73% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIGQ (Chicago/Lansing Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Burnham
- Dolton, IL3 mi
- Hammond, IN3 mi
- Calumet City, IL3 mi
- Whiting, IN4 mi
- South Holland, IL4 mi
- Riverdale, IL5 mi
- East Chicago, IN5 mi
- Lansing, IL5 mi
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