Serena, Illinois Weather
Serena, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Serena, LaSalle County.
Full aviation weather for Serena is published on the Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) page, 11 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 Serena 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 Serena: Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn field (KC09) 27 km · Hinckley Airport (K0C2) 32 km · Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) 38 km · Dwight Airport (KDTG) 46 km · Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT) 46 km
Conditions reported at K0C8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Serena specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Serena.
About Serena, Illinois
Serena rests in a landscape where the earth unfolds in broad, patient strokes, a gentle rolling terrain that hints at the vastness of the Illinois prairie. It lies 23.9 miles south-west of Oswego, IL (from Oswego, IL: bearing 235°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-south-west of Lake Holiday. The sky here is an expansive canvas, especially at dawn, when the first light bleeds across the horizon in soft hues of rose and lavender, painting the fields in ephemeral beauty. The air, carrying the scent of rich, dark soil and distant ripening corn, often holds a quiet stillness, broken only by the whisper of wind through the tall grasses or the distant call of a meadowlark. Dwellings are spread with a sense of unhurried purpose, each farmstead a small, self-contained world against the immense backdrop of the cultivated land. The history of Serena is deeply entwined with the agricultural heart of LaSalle County, a story told in the fertile soil that has sustained generations of farmers. This land, once part of a vast prairie ecosystem, was settled and transformed by those who understood its potential, their labor etched into the pattern of fields and roads that crisscross the countryside. The local economy, while embracing modern agricultural practices, still carries the echoes of simpler times, where the harvest dictated the rhythm of life. A distinctive characteristic of Serena is its enduring connection to the land, a quiet pride in the bounty it yields, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have made their lives here.
Live animated radar for Serena 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 | Serena, LaSalle County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.486142°N, 88.731464°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60549 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Serena, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Serena, 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 Serena includes coordinates 41.486142°N, 88.731464°W, situated in LaSalle County. ZIP code 60549. Telephone area code: 708. 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.
