Plover, Iowa Weather
Plover, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Plover, Pocahontas County.
Full aviation weather for Plover is published on the Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) page, 15 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 Plover 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 Plover: Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (KEGQ) 26 km · Humboldt Municipal Airport (K0K7) 34 km · Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA) 36 km · Fort Dodge Regional Airport (KFOD) 50 km · Rockwell City Municipal Airport (K2Y4) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPOH describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plover specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plover.
About Plover, Iowa
Plover lies where the land opens wide under a vast Iowa sky. It lies 74.2 miles west-south-west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-west of Rolfe. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling prairie, a vast canvas of cultivated fields that stretch to horizons softened by the haze of distance. In the spring, the earth is a deep, rich brown, soon to be embroidered with the emerald threads of young corn and the pale green of soybeans. Summer brings a shimmering heat that bends the air above the asphalt roads, and the evenings carry the sweet, earthy scent of ripening crops. The wind, a constant companion on these open plains, whispers through the telephone wires and rustles the leaves of the scattered oak trees that punctuate the landscape, carrying with it the distant lowing of cattle or the faint hum of a tractor. The story of Plover is intrinsically tied to the fertile soil and the enduring spirit of those who cultivated it. Founded in an era when the railroad was king and the promise of agricultural prosperity drew settlers westward, Plover grew from a small crossroads into a quiet hub for the surrounding farms. The local economy, then and now, is anchored in the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest. While the precise details of its earliest days may have faded into the collective memory, the character of Plover remains one of resilience and a deep connection to the agricultural rhythms that define life on the prairie. The simple, well-maintained homes and the tidy storefronts of the main street speak of a community that values hard work and neighborly support, a place where the passage of seasons dictates the pace of life.
Live animated radar for Plover 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Plover, Pocahontas County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.878304°N, 94.620534°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50573 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plover, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plover, Iowa, 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 Plover includes coordinates 42.878304°N, 94.620534°W, situated in Pocahontas County. ZIP code 50573. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
