McLean, Illinois Weather
McLean, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McLean, McLean County.
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About McLean, Illinois
McLean rests on land that gently rolls, a subtle topography hinting at the broader, sweeping prairie beyond. It lies 14.9 miles south-west of Bloomington, IL (from Bloomington, IL: bearing 218°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north-east of Atlanta. The sky here feels vast, an expansive canvas that shifts from the pale blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the horizon with a quiet drama. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their orderly rows a testament to the patient stewardship of the land, occasionally broken by the darker, richer green of a tree line or the silver glint of a distant waterway. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and ripening grain, a perfume of the fertile Illinois heartland that settles softly over McLean. This place, McLean, traces its origins to the mid-19th century, a time when railroads began to stitch together the American landscape. Its economy has long been anchored in agriculture, the rich black soil yielding bountiful harvests that have sustained generations. It’s a community where the rhythm of the seasons dictates much of life, and where the enduring spirit of the prairie settlers still seems to hum beneath the surface. While not a place of grand monuments, McLean holds a quiet dignity, its character shaped by the enduring legacy of its farming heritage and the steady, unpretentious lives lived within its embrace.
Live animated radar for McLean and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | McLean, McLean County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.314483°N, 89.169809°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61754 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McLean, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McLean, 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 McLean includes coordinates 40.314483°N, 89.169809°W, situated in McLean County. ZIP code 61754. 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.
