River Forest, IL Weather Forecast
Cook County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for River 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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River Forest, IL at a glance
River Forest is home to about 11,227 people in Cook County, across 2.5 square miles. It ranks 201st by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Oak Park, 2 miles away.
- County
- Cook County
- Population
- 11,227 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,527
- Forecast point
- 41.8949°N, 87.8191°W
How well can the network see River Forest?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above River Forest. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over River Forest show up clearly. River Forest is closer to its radar than 79% 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 River Forest
- Oak Park, IL2 mi
- Maywood, IL2 mi
- Forest Park, IL2 mi
- Elmwood Park, IL2 mi
- River Grove, IL2 mi
- Melrose Park, IL2 mi
- Bellwood, IL3 mi
- Broadview, IL3 mi
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