Henning, Illinois Weather
Henning, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Henning, Vermilion County.
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About Henning, Illinois
Henning is a place where the wide Vermilion County sky seems to press down, a vast, luminous dome that shifts through a thousand shades of blue and grey with the passing clouds. It lies 13.0 miles north-north-west of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 343°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-south-west of Rossville. The land here is a gentle, sweeping prairie, broken only by the occasional cluster of sturdy oaks and maples that mark a farmer's homestead or a weathered barn, their red paint faded to a soft rust. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like a rumpled quilt, their green and gold hues deepening as the sun begins its slow descent, casting long, honeyed shadows across the furrows. The air, especially in late summer, carries the dry, sweet scent of ripening grain and the faint, earthy perfume of turned soil, a constant reminder of the land's enduring fertility. The story of Henning is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heart of Vermilion County, a place built on the backbreaking labor of generations who coaxed sustenance from this rich, dark soil. Its roots stretch back to the days when the railroad first ribboned through the landscape, connecting isolated farms to wider markets and fostering the growth of small settlements like this one. Though the industries that once powered larger towns may have shifted, Henning's economy still hums with the steady pulse of farming, the lifeblood of the region. You can see it in the silos that punctuate the horizon, gleaming like silver needles against the evening sky, and in the quiet diligence of the folks who tend the land, their lives marked by the seasons and the enduring promise of the harvest.
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| Location | Henning, Vermilion County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.305036°N, 87.700857°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61848, 61865 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Henning, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Henning, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Henning includes coordinates 40.305036°N, 87.700857°W, situated in Vermilion County. ZIP code 61848, 61865. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
