Oak Forest, IL Weather Forecast
Cook County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Oak Forest, 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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Oak Forest, IL at a glance
Oak Forest is home to about 26,199 people in Cook County, across 6 square miles. It ranks 83rd by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Midlothian, 2 miles away.
- County
- Cook County
- Population
- 26,199 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,348
- Forecast point
- 41.6067°N, 87.7533°W
How well can the network see Oak Forest?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 940 ft above Oak Forest. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Oak Forest show up clearly. Oak Forest is closer to its radar than 88% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMDW (Chicago/Midway Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Oak Forest
- Midlothian, IL2 mi
- Crestwood, IL3 mi
- Markham, IL3 mi
- Country Club Hills, IL3 mi
- Robbins, IL3 mi
- Tinley Park, IL4 mi
- Posen, IL4 mi
- Hazel Crest, IL4 mi
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