Bolivar, Missouri Weather
Bolivar, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Bolivar, Polk County.
Full aviation weather for Bolivar is published on the Bolivar Municipal Airport (KM17) page, 6 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 Bolivar 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 Bolivar: Buffalo Municipal Airport (KH17) 29 km · Stockton Municipal Airport (KMO3) 36 km · Springfield Branson National Airport (KSGF) 41 km · Downtown Airport (K3DW) 46 km · Flying Bar H Ranch Airport (KMO2) 55 km
Conditions reported at KM17 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bolivar specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bolivar, Missouri
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.
Live animated radar for Bolivar 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bolivar, Missouri Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
