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Fox Lake Hills, Illinois Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fox Lake Hills weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fox Lake Hills, IL
Sunday, July 5 at 10:35 AM
70
°
Overcast
Feels like
73°
Humidity
90%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
12:21 AM
Sunset
3:32 PM
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFox Lake Hills, IL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 74°
Fox Lake Hills, IL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    13%
    74°64°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    81°61°+7°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    82°60°+1°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    13%
    82°66°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Showers
    53%
    0.44″
    78°64°-4°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    32%
    80°62°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    17%
    81°66°+1°
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
010° · steady
Direction
N
010°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 21 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 189SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze holding from the n.
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
987.8
+0.9 mb in 3h · rising · 29.17 inHg
Now
987.8
mb
3h
+0.9
mb
12h
+0.7
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 986989
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW988.8986.4988.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
+3 in 6h

AQI 39 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
75μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~89%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 8

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.0 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.3 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
28.5mi
UNLIMITED
45 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
15:35 UTC · Fox Lake Hills, IL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
15:35 UTC · Fox Lake Hills, IL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fox Lake Hills, IL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:48 AM
Sunrise
12:21 AM
Daylight
15h 11m
Sunset
3:32 PM
Civil dusk
9:08 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Fox Lake Hills, IL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:12 PM
Moonset
11:04 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Fox Lake Hills, IL
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Fox Lake Hills at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 70°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 30 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Fox Lake Hills

  1. Sun75°64°13%
  2. Mon81°61°2%
  3. Tue82°60°0%
  4. Wed82°66°13%
  5. Thu78°64°53%
  6. Fri80°62°32%
  7. Sat81°66°17%
  8. Sun86°67°13%
  9. Mon88°68°6%
  10. Tue90°67°8%
  11. Wed73°59°10%
  12. Thu80°57°19%
  13. Fri82°61°15%
  14. Sat86°69°16%
  15. Sun86°68°19%
  16. Mon89°70°19%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Fox Lake Hills

  • 60046

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.