Henning, Illinois Weather
Henning, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Henning, Vermilion County.
Full aviation weather for Henning is published on the Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) page, 15 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 Henning 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 Henning: Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 38 km · Paxton Airport (K1C1) 40 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 46 km · Kentland Municipal Airport (K50I) 55 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 57 km
Conditions reported at KDNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Henning specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Henning.
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.
Live animated radar for Henning 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
