Port Byron, Illinois Weather
Port Byron, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Port Byron, Rock Island County.
Full aviation weather for Port Byron is published on the Davenport Municipal Airport (KDVN) page, 21 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 Port Byron 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 Port Byron: Quad City International Airport (KMLI) 23 km · Clinton Municipal Airport (KCWI) 25 km · Mercer County Airport (KC00) 52 km · Tri Township Airport (KSFY) 52 km · Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 54 km
Conditions reported at KDVN describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Port Byron specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Port Byron.
About Port Byron, Illinois
Port Byron rests where the Mississippi River’s broad, grey expanse begins to bend, its banks a gentle slope of green and gold under a sky that often stretches, impossibly vast. It lies 10.9 miles east-north-east of Bettendorf, IA (from Bettendorf, IA: bearing 59°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-east of East Moline. The land here is a quiet testament to the patient work of water and wind, a landscape of subtle rises and falls, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, their stalks rustling a dry, percussive song in the summer breeze. Along the riverfront, weathered docks and the occasional moored barge speak of a constant, if understated, connection to the wider world, while the air itself carries the faint, earthy scent of fertile soil and the distant hum of unseen traffic. Even on the hottest days, a certain coolness seems to emanate from the river, a palpable presence that shapes the very character of Port Byron, softening the edges of the prairie light as it begins its slow descent. This is a place where the echoes of steamboat days still seem to linger in the air, a history tied to the mighty Mississippi that served as both highway and lifeline for generations. Port Byron’s past is etched in the sturdy brick of its older buildings and in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, a legacy that continues to inform its present-day economy, still largely dependent on the bounty of the surrounding farmlands and the river’s trade. Though industry has ebbed and flowed, the enduring spirit of Port Byron lies in its grounded pragmatism and a deep, unspoken understanding of the river’s rhythms, a character reflected in the unhurried pace of life and the genuine warmth of its people.
Live animated radar for Port Byron 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 | Port Byron, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.606422°N, 90.335406°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61275 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Port Byron, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Byron, 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 Port Byron includes coordinates 41.606422°N, 90.335406°W, situated in Rock Island County. ZIP code 61275. 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.
