Tree removal in Hillside, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged one storm report near Hillside that mention trees, limbs or branches. It is dated August 10, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 69 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 3,050 households live in Hillside. About two thirds of the homes are detached houses and about seven in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1960.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 9 miles from Hillside, averages 121 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 50 at or below 20°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in Cook County, among them Commonwealth Edison Co and Village of Winnetka.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024