Bolivar, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Bolivar, Polk County.
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Bolivar rests in the rolling heartland, where the sky seems to stretch further than imagination allows. It lies 28.3 miles north-north-west of Springfield, MO (from Springfield, MO: bearing 347°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east of Fair Play. The land here is a patchwork quilt of fields, a gentle swell and fall of fertile soil that cradles orchards and pastures alike. Oak and hickory trees, ancient sentinels, punctuate the horizon, their broad limbs reaching towards the sun. In the quiet mornings, a cool, clean air, tinged with the scent of damp earth and blooming clover, drifts across the landscape, a soft caress before the day’s warmth takes hold. The very character of Bolivar is etched into this generous, unassuming terrain, a place where the broad strokes of nature dictate the gentle rhythm of life. The story of Bolivar is one of resilience and a quiet industriousness, built upon the rich agricultural bounty of Polk County. For generations, the land has yielded its harvest, feeding families and fueling a local economy deeply rooted in farming and the small businesses that support it. The echoes of its past can be felt in the sturdy brick buildings that line the downtown streets, remnants of a time when commerce bustled with a different kind of energy. Today, a sense of enduring community persists, a subtle understanding that binds the people of Bolivar, a shared heritage passed down like the fertile soil itself. The town’s distinctive charm lies not in grand monuments, but in the everyday beauty of its people and the enduring spirit of this Missouri landscape.
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| Location | Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.614484°N, 93.410475°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65613 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bolivar, Missouri, 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 Bolivar includes coordinates 37.614484°N, 93.410475°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 65613. Telephone area code: 417. 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.