Lerna, Illinois Weather
Lerna, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lerna, Coles County.
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About Lerna, Illinois
Lerna rests in a landscape shaped by the patient work of water and wind, a gentle swell of prairie land where the earth leans into the sky. It lies 38.7 miles west-north-west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 296°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-west of Charleston. The fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, stretch out under a vast, often dramatic sky, the clouds moving with a deliberate, unhurried grace. Here, the air carries the clean scent of turned soil and the distant, lowing murmur of cattle, a constant, quiet hum beneath the rustle of corn stalks. The houses, scattered with a sense of purpose rather than sprawl, seem to anchor themselves to the flat, fertile ground, their windows reflecting the wide expanse of the heavens. This corner of Coles County, Illinois, has long been tied to the land’s bounty. The economy of Lerna, like many places here, is rooted in agriculture, with soybeans and corn dominating the arable acres that surround it. The soil, rich and dark, speaks of generations who have coaxed sustenance from it, a quiet persistence that defines the local character. While Lerna itself is a small settlement, its history is part of the larger narrative of Midwestern settlement, a place where the opening of the land allowed for a slow, steady growth. You might find a weathered barn, its wood bleached to a soft grey by countless summers, standing sentinel over a field, a silent testament to the enduring labor that has shaped this quiet part of Illinois.
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| Location | Lerna, Coles County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.418369°N, 88.288655°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62440 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lerna, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lerna, 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 Lerna includes coordinates 39.418369°N, 88.288655°W, situated in Coles County. ZIP code 62440. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
