Platteville, Wisconsin Weather
Platteville, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Platteville, Grant County.
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About Platteville, Wisconsin
Platteville rises from the rolling Wisconsin landscape, a place where the sky feels vast and the land holds a quiet strength. It lies 17.4 miles south-east of Grant, WI (from Grant, WI: bearing 145°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-north-west of Cuba City. The terrain, a gentle swell of fertile earth, is crisscrossed by roads that often lead the eye toward the distant horizon, promising more of the same deep green pastures and orderly fields of corn and soybeans that define the surrounding Grant County. Even the air carries a certain cleanness, a crispness that hints at the open spaces and the promise of clear nights, where stars prick the inky canvas with a brilliance rarely seen in more crowded climes. The town itself, a collection of sturdy brick buildings and well-kept homes, possesses a grounded character, a sense of permanence born from generations who have worked this soil and built these streets. The story of Platteville is intrinsically linked to the mineral wealth unearthed from its very soil, a legacy of lead and zinc mining that shaped its early growth and gave it a distinctive industrious spirit. This history is not buried but visible, most notably in the iconicountain, a reminder of the geological forces and human endeavor that first drew settlers here. The local economy, while still tethered to agriculture, has broadened its reach, embracing education with the presence of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, which infuses the town with a youthful energy and a scholarly hum. This blend of agricultural tradition and academic pursuit creates a unique rhythm, a steady pulse that beats through Platteville, a place that honors its past while looking toward the future.
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| Location | Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 42.73416°N, 90.478462°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 53818 |
| Area Code | 920 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Platteville, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Platteville, Wisconsin, 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 Platteville includes coordinates 42.734160°N, 90.478462°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 53818. Telephone area code: 920. 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.
