Palatine, Illinois Weather
Night falls a minute earlier. Day 43 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Palatine weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayAug 2Overcast——77°65°—
- MondayAug 3Mostly Clear——81°62°+4°
- TuesdayAug 4Overcast——83°63°+2°
- WednesdayAug 5Light Drizzle60%0.01″84°66°+1°
- ThursdayAug 6Heavy Showers60%0.55″78°68°-6°
- FridayAug 7Light Drizzle——85°65°+7°
- SaturdayAug 8Light Drizzle12%—89°71°+4°
AQI 67 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 11.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 11.9 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 39 now. With UV 3.8 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 14.
- Present
- AQI 39
- UV peak
- 3.8 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 14
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 11.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 11.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.97
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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).
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
- Moonrise
- 9:36 PM
- Moonset
- 9:58 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Night falls a minute earlier
Palatine at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Aug 1–5
- Planting window: Sow fall peas. Start kale and collard seedlings for fall.
ZIP codes: 60067, 60074
16-Day Forecast — Palatine
- Sun77°65°3%
- Mon81°62°0%
- Tue83°63°1%
- Wed84°66°60%
- Thu78°68°60%
- Fri85°65°7%
- Sat89°71°12%
- Sun93°75°25%
- Mon81°68°25%
- Tue82°68°29%
- Wed89°71°25%
- Thu90°70°21%
- Fri94°75°20%
- Sat86°71°26%
- Sun84°67°16%
- Mon83°69°23%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Live wind & temperature near Palatine
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of August 2, 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.
Sun & seasons in Palatine
Palatine sits in Cook County, where the year’s longest day runs 15h 15m of daylight and its shortest just 9h 6m — a swing of +6h 9m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Chicago, the state’s largest city, lies about 27 miles to the SE. The nearest town Palatine tracks is Round Lake Beach, roughly 18 miles to the N.
Air quality in Palatine’s county has trended cleaner since 2020; its cleanest year on record was 2025 (median AQI 53). See the full air-quality history for Palatine.
ZIP codes in Palatine
- 60074
- 60067
- 60055
- 60095