Olympia Fields, IL Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station

Partly Cloudy 35°F
Feels Like 29°F  
Humidity 64% Dew Point 24°F Wind SSW 7 MPH Gusts 14 Barometer 28.93 in.
Report from a MADIS/MESONET weather station 1.6 mi. SW of central Olympia Fields
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Point Forecast at a Glance

TueDec 16
Tue Dec 16: Mostly Cloudy, Low 31F
 
31
WedDec 17
Wed Dec 17: Mostly Sunny, High 42F, Low 41F
42
41
ThuDec 18
Thu Dec 18: Rain, High 49F, Low 18F
100%
49
18
FriDec 19
Fri Dec 19: Partly Sunny, High 28F, Low 24F
28
24
SatDec 20
Sat Dec 20: Mostly Cloudy, High 44F, Low 22F
44
22
SunDec 21
Sun Dec 21: Mostly Sunny, High 32F, Low 23F
32
23
MonDec 22
Mon Dec 22: Partly Sunny, High 37F, Low 31F
37
31

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7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

High temperatures start near 42°F, reaching 49°F before cooling to 28°F, then recovering to 37°F by week's end. Some rain possible with at least 2 days showing precipitation chances of 20% or higher.

Climate Context

Temperatures are expected to be near normal for this time of year, with highs around 37°F and lows around 23°F.

This Date in Weather History

1941 - Only two women were employed by the Weather Bureau. By 1945, more than 900 women are employed by the Weather Bureau as observers and forecasters, as a result of filling positions of men during World War II. Eleven days after Pearl Harbor, the Army requested that all weather broadcasts be discontinued. The fear was that the enemy would use this information to plan an attack on the United States.

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Olympia Fields, IL 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Tuesday Dec 16

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Dec 17

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 10 mph.

Showers

Night: Showers or drizzle likely, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 41 by 5am. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Dec 18

Rain

Day: Rain, mainly before 3pm. High near 49. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Snow Showers

Night: A chance of snow showers between 9pm and midnight, then a chance of flurries with a slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Dec 19

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 28.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Saturday Dec 20

Mostly Cloudy

Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Sunday Dec 21

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 32.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Monday Dec 22

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 37.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Tuesday Dec 23

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 44.


About Olympia Fields, IL

Olympia Fields is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,718 as of the 2020 census. It is a southern suburb of Chicago. The municipality grew up around the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club, originally established in 1915. Olympia Fields is noteworthy as one of the wealthiest and best educated, majority African-American communities in the United States. The village's zip code (60461) is one of three majority African American communities which rank among the top five percent in the U.S. for median household income and share of adults with college degrees, and Olympia Fields also has the highest black homeownership rate in the country among majority-black municipalities.

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