Oakwood Hills, Illinois Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Oakwood Hills weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Heavy Showers75%2.2″83°68°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast12%—79°64°-4°
- MondayJul 6Overcast——77°61°-2°
- TuesdayJul 7Partly Cloudy——80°58°+3°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle15%—81°61°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Showers47%0.01″74°65°-7°
- FridayJul 10Drizzle42%—75°62°+1°
AQI 35 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Ozone at AQI 47 now. With UV 6.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 28 around 1 PM.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 47 now. With UV 6.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 28 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 47
- UV peak
- 6.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 28
PM × Wind × Precip
PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 6.0 µg/m³, PM10 to 8.2 µg/m³.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.73
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 2h in last 6h
- Pattern
- washed out
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 10:51 PM
- Moonset
- 9:56 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Oakwood Hills at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 13°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Oakwood Hills
- Sat83°68°75%
- Sun79°64°12%
- Mon77°61°1%
- Tue80°58°1%
- Wed81°61°15%
- Thu74°65°47%
- Fri75°62°42%
- Sat74°57°11%
- Sun76°55°8%
- Mon73°55°8%
- Tue79°56°8%
- Wed78°61°23%
- Thu81°62°16%
- Fri75°69°19%
- Sat78°60°19%
- Sun73°57°28%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, 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.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Oakwood Hills
SPC includes Oakwood Hills in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Oakwood Hills
- 60013