Wilmette, IL Weather Forecast
Cook County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Wilmette, 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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Wilmette, IL at a glance
Wilmette is home to about 27,026 people in Cook County, across 5.4 square miles. It ranks 76th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Winnetka, 2 miles away.
- County
- Cook County
- Population
- 27,026 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,004
- Forecast point
- 42.0773°N, 87.7286°W
How well can the network see Wilmette?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,400 ft above Wilmette. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Wilmette is closer to its radar than 60% 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 Wilmette
- Winnetka, IL2 mi
- Evanston, IL3 mi
- Skokie, IL3 mi
- Northfield, IL3 mi
- Morton Grove, IL4 mi
- Glencoe, IL4 mi
- Lincolnwood, IL5 mi
- Glenview, IL5 mi
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