Highland Park, IL Weather

Lake County5:42 PM CDT42.18°N, 87.80°WElevation 696 ft

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
66°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 66°
High 65°·Low 54°
WindSE 7 mph
Humidity52%
Dew point48°
Pressure30.37 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover45%
Sunrise7:15 AM
Sunset5:57 PM

Observed at Chicago / Wheeling, Pal-Waukee Airport · 42 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

  • Saturday Night

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.

  • Sunday

    Partly sunny, with a high near 67.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 64°
  2. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  3. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  4. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 60°
  5. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  6. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  7. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  8. Sun12 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  9. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  10. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 56°
  11. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 56°
  12. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 55°
  13. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 54°
  14. 6 AM Partly Sunny 54°
  15. 7 AM Partly Sunny 54°
  16. 8 AM Partly Sunny 56°
  17. 9 AM Partly Sunny 58°
  18. 10 AM Partly Sunny 60°
  19. 11 AM Partly Sunny 62°
  20. 12 PM Partly Sunny 64°
  21. 1 PM Partly Sunny 65°
  22. 2 PM Partly Sunny 66°
  23. 3 PM Partly Sunny 67°
  24. 4 PM Partly Sunny 66°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TueOct 20 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny46°64°
  2. WedOct 21 Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny50°68°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny53°66°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny51°64°
  5. TodayOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°65°
  6. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny52°67°
  7. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny16%49°63°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy44°54°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy42°53°
  10. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny41°54°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

50
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • SatModerate
  • SunModerate
  • MonModerate

Lake County, IL reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:15 AM
Sunset 5:57 PM
Daylight 10 h 42 min (−2 min 39 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 98% lit
Moonrise 4:49 PM Moonset 5:29 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low59° / 43°
Record high83° (2023)
Record low17° (1981)
Wettest1.85 in (2021)
Yesterday71° / 49°
Month to date2.54 in (normal 2.57 in)

Chicago Area, records since 1872. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOT, issued 11 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Precipitation free, unseasonably warm weather will continue through this weekend, with temperatures continuing to generally run above average through next week.

- Chances for any meaningful rainfall are low through next workweek.

Discussion

Issued at 241 AM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026

There's not a lot to speak on for this weekend as our stretch of dry, mild weather continues. Temperatures early this morning are in the 40s and 50s with mostly clear skies now giving way to a high cloud deck filling in from the west. Some patchy fog is beginning to blossom around parts of SE WI and north-central IN. Patchy coverage is expected to spread into portions of our CWA prior to daybreak, primarily across parts of NW Indiana as well as in Lake Co, IL. While dense fog is not a widespread concern, localized pockets of some denser fog will certainly be possible through early morning, especially in Lake Co, IL. Otherwise, expect another pleasant late October day today with highs forecast in the lower 70s and a fair mix of mid-high clouds and sunshine.

Tomorrow is anticipated to be slightly warmer with lower to middle 70s in the forecast. A weakly-forced cold front will drop through the area from the north late Sunday into Monday. While we're not expecting any rain out of this, it will cool things off slightly for Monday and Tuesday. Monday, given that the front will be pushing north to south across our area into the daytime, is expected to see high temperatures range from the lower and middle 60s in our north to the 70 farther south. 60s and lower 70s will persist through the week with rain-free conditions favored through at least mid-week. A series of waves is then progged to traverse the region and possibly provide us with some rain late in the week and into next weekend.

Doom

Aviation

Issued at 609 AM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026

There are no significant aviation weather concerns anticipated through the period.

Surface high pressure will center over New England today into tonight as a cold front shifts eastward from the PLains into the Upper Midwest. Overall, this will result in light south- southeasterly surface winds across the terminal airspace today and tonight, before directions turn south-southwesterly during the day Sunday. VFR conditions will prevail through the period, though higher level cloud cover can be expected.

KJB

Lot Watches

IL...None. IN...None. LM...None.

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