Lake Zurich, IL Weather Forecast
Lake County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lake Zurich, 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 Zurich, IL at a glance
Lake Zurich is home to about 19,676 people in Lake County, across 6.9 square miles. It ranks 123rd by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Deer Park, 2 miles away.
- County
- Lake County
- Population
- 19,676 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,842
- Forecast point
- 42.1950°N, 88.0877°W
How well can the network see Lake Zurich?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Lake Zurich. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Lake Zurich is closer to its radar than 55% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPWK (Chicago Exec). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lake Zurich
- Deer Park, IL2 mi
- Kildeer, IL2 mi
- North Barrington, IL2 mi
- Hawthorn Woods, IL3 mi
- Barrington, IL4 mi
- Long Grove, IL4 mi
- Lake Barrington, IL4 mi
- Inverness, IL6 mi
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