Crystal Lake, IL Weather Forecast
McHenry County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Crystal Lake, with free alerts the moment it counts.
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.
Seven-day outlook
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Crystal Lake, IL at a glance
Crystal Lake is home to about 40,861 people in McHenry County, across 19 square miles. It ranks 38th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lakewood, 3 miles away.
- County
- McHenry County
- Population
- 40,861 2023 est.
- Land area
- 19 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,152
- Forecast point
- 42.2332°N, 88.3344°W
How well can the network see Crystal Lake?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,100 ft above Crystal Lake. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is K06C (Schaumburg Rgnl). Far enough that current conditions for Crystal Lake are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Crystal Lake
- Lakewood, IL3 mi
- Lake in the Hills, IL4 mi
- Cary, IL5 mi
- Algonquin, IL5 mi
- Fox River Grove, IL7 mi
- Huntley, IL7 mi
- Woodstock, IL7 mi
- McHenry, IL7 mi
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