Flanagan, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Flanagan, Livingston County.
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Flanagan rises from the broad, flat expanse of Livingston County, a place where the horizon feels less like a boundary and more like an invitation. It lies 26.0 miles north-north-east of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 15°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-south-east of Minonk. The land here, a rich, dark loam, rolls out in wide, agricultural canvases, interrupted only by the occasional cluster of trees marking a farmstead or a drainage ditch. The sky, vast and often a brilliant, piercing blue, dominates the view, its moods shifting with the seasons. In the late afternoon, the sun angles low, casting long shadows that stretch across the fields, lending a golden hue to the cornstalks and soybeans that define the landscape. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of cultivated soil, a constant reminder of the region’s fundamental connection to the land. Flanagan’s story is one of agricultural resilience and quiet perseverance, a community built on the bedrock of farming that has sustained it for generations. The economy here is inextricably linked to the cultivation of the prairie’s bounty, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the harvest cycles. While no grand historical monuments dominate the skyline, the history is present in the sturdy, unassuming architecture of the downtown buildings and the weathered barns dotting the surrounding countryside. The pace of life in Flanagan is deliberate, a reflection of the rhythms of the seasons and the steady work of tilling the earth. Evenings often bring a gentle quiet, a sense of communal rest settling over the streets as the day’s labors conclude, and the stars begin to emerge in that immense Illinois sky.
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| Location | Flanagan, Livingston County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.878089°N, 88.861182°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61740 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flanagan, 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 Flanagan includes coordinates 40.878089°N, 88.861182°W, situated in Livingston County. ZIP code 61740. 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. 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.