Lake in the Hills, IL Weather Forecast
McHenry County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lake in the Hills, 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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Lake in the Hills, IL at a glance
Lake in the Hills is home to about 28,661 people in McHenry County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 68th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Algonquin, 1 miles away.
- County
- McHenry County
- Population
- 28,661 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,809
- Forecast point
- 42.1794°N, 88.3155°W
How well can the network see Lake in the Hills?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,800 ft above Lake in the Hills. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Lake in the Hills is closer to its radar than 54% of US cities.
The closest weather station is K06C (Schaumburg Rgnl). Far enough that current conditions for Lake in the Hills are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Lake in the Hills
- Algonquin, IL1 mi
- Crystal Lake, IL4 mi
- Cary, IL4 mi
- Carpentersville, IL4 mi
- Lakewood, IL5 mi
- West Dundee, IL5 mi
- Fox River Grove, IL5 mi
- Gilberts, IL6 mi
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