River Forest is snow country
River Forest has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 42 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 49°, and nights fall to 33°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about River Forest’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in River Forest’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in River Forest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Rainy Days in River Forest
Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for River Forest itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Oak Brook 2w, IL (9 mi, snow) and Chicago Ohare Intl Airport, IL (9 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.