Long Point, Illinois Weather
Long Point, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Long Point, Livingston County.
Full aviation weather for Long Point is published on the Dwight Airport (KDTG) page, 40 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KDTG describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Long Point specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Long Point.
About Long Point, Illinois
Long Point lies as a quiet breath upon the Illinois prairie, a place where the horizon feels as vast as an open book. It lies 34.3 miles north of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 9°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-south-west of Streator. The land here is a study in subtle contours, rolling gently rather than abruptly, giving the impression of a vast, green quilt laid out under an enormous sky. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the distant tree lines, their colors shifting with the seasons – a vibrant emerald in summer, a golden hush in autumn. The air itself carries a certain cleanness, especially in the early mornings when a fine mist often cloaks the fields, softening the edges of the world and lending a quiet reverence to the waking day. The history of Long Point is etched in the soil and in the memories of its inhabitants, a narrative woven from agriculture and the enduring spirit of those who have worked this land. It was a place shaped by the plow and the railroad, its economy historically tied to the bounty of the fertile earth, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to generations of harvests. While the pace of life here is unhurried, a sense of purpose underlies the everyday, a quiet understanding of interconnectedness between the people and the land they cultivate. The distinctive character of Long Point is found in its open vistas, the unwavering strength of its agricultural roots, and the profound stillness that settles over the landscape as dusk paints the western sky in hues of rose and lavender.
Live animated radar for Long Point 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 | Long Point, Livingston County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.004754°N, 88.891741°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61333 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Point, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Point, 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 Long Point includes coordinates 41.004754°N, 88.891741°W, situated in Livingston County. ZIP code 61333. Telephone area code: 815. 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.
