Strawn, Illinois Weather
Strawn, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Strawn, Livingston County.
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About Strawn, Illinois
Strawn slumbers in Livingston County, a quiet ember on the Illinois prairie, where the horizon stretches in an unbroken sweep of cultivated land. It lies 32.6 miles east-north-east of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 73°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-east of Fairbury. The terrain here is a subtle tapestry of rolling fields, a landscape sculpted by eons of wind and water into gentle swells that catch the light differently with each passing cloud. The air, especially in the hushed hours before dawn, carries a clean, earthy scent, a mingling of damp soil and the faint sweetness of ripening corn. The sky above Strawn is a vast canvas, often painted with dramatic cloud formations that lend a profound sense of scale to the human endeavors below. This corner of Illinois, like many across the heartland, bears the imprint of agricultural ambition and the quiet resilience of those who have worked this soil. The local economy has long been anchored by the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the year's harvest. While Strawn itself may not boast grand monuments, its history is woven into the very fabric of the surrounding farms and the families who have nurtured them for generations. The character of Strawn is defined by this enduring connection to the earth, a rhythm dictated by the seasons rather than the hurried pulse of urban life, fostering a sense of enduring community where neighborly bonds run as deep as the roots of the prairie grass.
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| Location | Strawn, Livingston County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.652535°N, 88.396443°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61775 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Strawn, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Strawn, 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 Strawn includes coordinates 40.652535°N, 88.396443°W, situated in Livingston County. ZIP code 61775. 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.
