Kentland, Indiana Weather
Kentland, Indiana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Kentland, Newton County.
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About Kentland, Indiana
Kentland rests in Newton County, Indiana, a place where the land stretches out in broad, unbroken sweeps of cultivated earth. It lies 32.5 miles south-east of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 138°T), and is situated 3.1 miles west of Newton. The horizon here is a clean, unwavering line, a constant invitation to the vastness of the sky that presses down with a palpable weight, especially on those wide, open afternoons. Fields of corn and soybeans, their colors shifting from the pale green of new growth to the deep emerald of maturity, give way to pastures where cattle graze with a slow, deliberate grace. The air, particularly in the quiet hours before dawn, carries the clean scent of turned soil and the faint, sweet perfume of distant blossoms, a testament to the agricultural heart that beats at Kentland's core. The history of Kentland is deeply entwined with the fertile prairie it occupies, a landscape shaped by generations of farmers who coaxed abundance from its rich soil. Once a bustling stop along the railroad, the echoes of that era are still felt in the town's enduring spirit, though its economic pulse now beats with the steady rhythm of agriculture and the businesses that support it. The grain elevators, tall sentinels against the expansive sky, stand as silent witnesses to the bounty harvested year after year, a continuous cycle of planting and reaping that defines the local character. There are no grand monuments or dramatic geological features here, only the quiet, persistent beauty of land worked with purpose, where the simple act of growing food is a profound and defining tradition.
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| Location | Kentland, Newton County, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 40.770315°N, 87.445303°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 47951 |
| Area Code | 765 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kentland, Indiana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kentland, Indiana, 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 Kentland includes coordinates 40.770315°N, 87.445303°W, situated in Newton County. ZIP code 47951. Telephone area code: 765. 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.
