Port Byron, Illinois Weather
Port Byron, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Port Byron, Rock Island County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
