Poplar Grove, Illinois Weather
Poplar Grove, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Poplar Grove, Rock Island County.
Full aviation weather for Poplar Grove is published on the Quad City International Airport (KMLI) page, 4 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 Poplar Grove 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 Poplar Grove: Davenport Municipal Airport (KDVN) 20 km · Mercer County Airport (KC00) 33 km · Clinton Municipal Airport (KCWI) 43 km · Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 50 km · Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMLI describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Poplar Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Poplar Grove.
About Poplar Grove, Illinois
Poplar Grove lies in a landscape shaped by the slow, patient work of glaciers, where the land rises and falls in broad, sweeping plains before meeting the gentle curves of the Mississippi River. It lies 4.5 miles south-east of Moline, IL (from Moline, IL: bearing 138°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south-east of Davenport. The fields here, a patchwork of emerald and gold during the growing season, stretch towards horizons that seem to pull the very breath from your chest, an endless expanse under a sky that often shifts from the pale blue of a summer morning to the bruised purple of an approaching storm. The air itself carries a certain weight, a humid embrace in the warmer months that softens into a crisp, biting clarity as winter descends, and the rustle of dry corn stalks becomes the dominant sound. Even in its stillness, there's a palpable sense of the land breathing, a quiet endurance that has marked this corner of Rock Island County for generations, where the houses stand like stoic sentinels against the vastness. The history of Poplar Grove is deeply rooted in the rich soil that has sustained its agricultural economy for over a century. Originally settled by pioneers drawn to the fertile ground, the area’s prosperity was built on the back of corn and soybean farming, a legacy that continues to define its character. While the agricultural roots run deep, the proximity to larger urban centers has also fostered a connection to broader economic currents, with many residents finding employment in nearby cities, creating a blend of rural tranquility and accessible opportunity. The old railroad lines, now silent relics, whisper of a time when grain flowed more directly from these fields to distant markets, a reminder of the ebb and flow of commerce that has shaped Poplar Grove. The community retains a strong sense of local pride, a quiet resilience forged from shared seasons of hard work and the enduring beauty of the prairie landscape.
Live animated radar for Poplar Grove 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 | Poplar Grove, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.457812°N, 90.45652°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61265, 61065 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Poplar Grove, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poplar Grove, 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 Poplar Grove includes coordinates 41.457812°N, 90.456520°W, situated in Rock Island County. ZIP code 61265, 61065. Telephone area code: 847, 224. 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.
