Strawn, Illinois Weather
Strawn, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Strawn, Livingston County.
Full aviation weather for Strawn is published on the Paxton Airport (K1C1) page, 32 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. 6 airfields within reach of Strawn have their own pages, listed below.
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.
Other airports near Strawn: Pontiac Municipal Airport (KPNT) 36 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 45 km · Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) 48 km · Dwight Airport (KDTG) 54 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 59 km
Conditions reported at K1C1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Strawn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Strawn.
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.
Live animated radar for Strawn 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
