Rankin, Illinois Weather
Rankin, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rankin, Vermilion County.
Full aviation weather for Rankin is published on the Paxton Airport (K1C1) page, 20 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 Rankin 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 Rankin: Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 28 km · Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) 39 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 44 km · Kentland Municipal Airport (K50I) 51 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 57 km
Conditions reported at K1C1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rankin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rankin.
About Rankin, Illinois
Rankin rests under a wide Illinois sky, a quiet collection of buildings settled into the gentle swell of the prairie. It lies 27.4 miles north-north-west of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 329°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of Cissna Park. Here, the land unfolds in broad, sun-drenched plains, broken only by the occasional cluster of trees lining a distant field or the faint, dark ribbon of a country road. The air itself feels expansive, carrying the scent of tilled earth and the distant hum of unseen machinery, a constant, low thrum that underscores the prevailing silence. Evenings here can be particularly luminous, as the sun, sinking low, paints the western horizon in hues of apricot and rose, casting long, softened shadows that stretch across the fields like a sleepy sigh. The history of Rankin is deeply entwined with the agricultural heartbeat of Vermilion County, a place where the rich black soil has long dictated the fortunes of its inhabitants. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land, carved out lives here, their endeavors shaping the very character of the settlement. While not a hub of industry in the traditional sense, Rankin has always sustained itself through the bounty of the land, its local economy rooted in farming and the services that support it. The grain elevators, stark sentinels against the horizon, stand as enduring symbols of this persistent connection to the earth, their silos holding the promise of harvests to come, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this prairie enclave.
Live animated radar for Rankin 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 | Rankin, Vermilion County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.465036°N, 87.896422°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60960 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rankin, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rankin, 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 Rankin includes coordinates 40.465036°N, 87.896422°W, situated in Vermilion County. ZIP code 60960. Telephone area code: 630, 331. 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.
