Palatine, IL Weather Forecast
Cook County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Palatine, 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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Palatine, IL at a glance
Palatine is home to about 64,869 people in Cook County, across 14 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Inverness, 3 miles away.
- County
- Cook County
- Population
- 64,869 2023 est.
- Land area
- 14 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,595
- Forecast point
- 42.1165°N, 88.0444°W
How well can the network see Palatine?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,300 ft above Palatine. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Palatine is closer to its radar than 62% 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 Palatine
- Inverness, IL3 mi
- Rolling Meadows, IL3 mi
- Arlington Heights, IL3 mi
- Deer Park, IL4 mi
- Kildeer, IL4 mi
- Barrington, IL5 mi
- Buffalo Grove, IL5 mi
- Long Grove, IL6 mi
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