Penfield, Illinois Weather
Penfield, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Penfield, Champaign County.
Full aviation weather for Penfield is published on the Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) page, 17 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. 5 airfields within reach of Penfield 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 Penfield: Paxton Airport (K1C1) 22 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 28 km · Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) 32 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 40 km
Conditions reported at KTIP describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Penfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Penfield.
About Penfield, Illinois
Penfield rests on the broad, unvarnished canvas of central Illinois, a place where the sky seems to press down with an almost tangible weight, especially when the sun dips low, bleeding apricot and rose across the horizon. It lies 19.1 miles north-east of Urbana, IL (from Urbana, IL: bearing 46°T), and is situated 3.9 miles east of Gifford. The land here is a quiet, patient quilt of agricultural fields, their rich, dark earth breathing a scent of loam and distant rain, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of windbreaks and the occasional cluster of farm buildings. Rows of corn, rippling like an emerald sea in the summer breeze, and the golden stubble of harvested wheat in autumn, define the immediate character of the terrain, a landscape shaped by the plow and the persistent wind, where the only significant rise might be the gentle swell of a farmer's field. The history of Penfield is etched not in grand monuments but in the very grain of its existence, a story tied to the relentless pursuit of sustenance from this fertile ground. Originally settled by those drawn to the promise of prairie soil, its economy has long been anchored in agriculture, a lineage of farmers cultivating the bounty of Champaign County. While the larger world buzzes with rapid change, Penfield maintains a steady, unhurried pulse, its distinctive character found in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet dignity of its rural setting, where the closest approximation to a landmark might be a particularly venerable oak or the enduring presence of the local grain elevator, a sentinel against the vast expanse of the open sky.
Live animated radar for Penfield 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.303368°N, 87.946701°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61862 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Penfield, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Penfield, 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 Penfield includes coordinates 40.303368°N, 87.946701°W, situated in Champaign County. ZIP code 61862. 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.
