West Chicago, IL Weather Forecast
DuPage County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for West Chicago, 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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West Chicago, IL at a glance
West Chicago is home to about 25,116 people in DuPage County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 87th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Winfield, 4 miles away.
- County
- DuPage County
- Population
- 25,116 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,632
- Forecast point
- 41.8945°N, 88.2211°W
How well can the network see West Chicago?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above West Chicago. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over West Chicago show up clearly. West Chicago is closer to its radar than 83% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDPA (Dupage Cnty Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near West Chicago
- Winfield, IL4 mi
- Carol Stream, IL5 mi
- St. Charles, IL5 mi
- Bartlett, IL5 mi
- Warrenville, IL5 mi
- Geneva, IL6 mi
- Batavia, IL6 mi
- Wheaton, IL6 mi
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