Danville, Illinois Weather
Danville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Danville, Vermilion County.
Full aviation weather for Danville is published on the Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) page, 9 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Danville have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Danville: Edgar County Airport (KPRG) 47 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 47 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 48 km · Paxton Airport (K1C1) 56 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 56 km
Conditions reported at KDNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Danville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Danville, Illinois
Danville unfolds across the broad, fertile plains of Vermilion County, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches with an almost audacious generosity. It lies 19.7 miles north-west of Howard, IN (from Howard, IN: bearing 317°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north of Westville. The land here, shaped by ancient glaciers and the slow, persistent sculpting of water, offers a gentle, rolling topography that cradles the city and its surrounding farms. Elm trees, their broad crowns reaching skyward, line streets and dot the fields, their leaves rustling in the prairie wind, a sound that carries the quiet hum of everyday life. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, golden shadows that stretch across the cornfields, imbuing the landscape with a mellow, almost tangible warmth. The history of Danville is deeply intertwined with the rich agricultural soil and the industry that once pulsed through its veins. Founded as a county seat, its economy was for generations fueled by the fertile farmland that surrounds it, a bounty of corn and soybeans that still defines much of the local landscape. The Vermilion River, a ribbon of life that winds its way through the region, has long been a vital artery, supporting early settlements and later, the transportation of goods. Evidence of a more industrial past can still be found, whispers of coal mining that once shaped the very character of the earth and the lives of its people, though the present day sees a diversified economy with an emphasis on services and manufacturing. Danville carries the quiet pride of a community that has weathered change, a place where the echoes of pioneers and industrialists still resonate beneath the open, generous sky.
Live animated radar for Danville and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.124481°N, 87.630021°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61832, 61834 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Danville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Danville, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Danville includes coordinates 40.124481°N, 87.630021°W, situated in Vermilion County. ZIP code 61832, 61834. Telephone area code: 309. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
