Niles, IL Weather Forecast
Cook County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Niles, 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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Niles, IL at a glance
Niles is home to about 29,513 people in Cook County, across 5.8 square miles. It ranks 66th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Morton Grove, 1 miles away.
- County
- Cook County
- Population
- 29,513 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,047
- Forecast point
- 42.0279°N, 87.8100°W
How well can the network see Niles?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Niles. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Niles is closer to its radar than 67% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KORD (Chicago/O'Hare Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Niles
- Morton Grove, IL1 mi
- Park Ridge, IL2 mi
- Skokie, IL4 mi
- Glenview, IL4 mi
- Rosemont, IL4 mi
- Lincolnwood, IL4 mi
- Harwood Heights, IL4 mi
- Norridge, IL4 mi
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