Shirley, Illinois Weather
Shirley, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shirley, McLean County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shirley.
About Shirley, Illinois
Shirley unfolds across the gently rolling prairie, a quiet expanse where the Illinois sky stretches vast and often awash in hues of rose and gold as the day wanes. It lies 6.4 miles south-west of Bloomington, IL (from Bloomington, IL: bearing 214°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-south-west of Normal. The land here is flat enough to feel the sweep of the wind, a constant companion that rustles through the cornfields and soybeans that dominate the horizon, their orderly rows a testament to the region's agricultural heart. Farmhouses, sturdy and weathered, dot the landscape, their silhouettes softened by distance and the hazy shimmer of summer heat, while the occasional stand of oak trees offers a welcome, darker punctuation to the sun-bleached greens and yellows. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening grain, a perfume unique to this fertile soil. The history of Shirley is intrinsically tied to the rich agricultural vein of McLean County, a place built on the back of honest labor and the bounty of the land. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground, established roots that have endured, fostering a sense of continuity and quiet pride. The local economy remains firmly anchored in farming, with a steady hum of activity from combines in the fall and tractors in the spring, a rhythm that dictates the pace of life. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of self-reliance and neighborly cooperation, a hallmark of prairie towns, is palpable in Shirley, a place where the community's strength lies in its shared understanding of the seasons and the land's enduring generosity.
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| Location | Shirley, McLean County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.407259°N, 89.062581°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62872, 61772 |
| Area Code | 618, 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shirley, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shirley, 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 Shirley includes coordinates 40.407259°N, 89.062581°W, situated in McLean County. ZIP code 62872, 61772. Telephone area code: 618, 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.
