Ainsworth, Iowa Weather
Ainsworth, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ainsworth, Washington County.
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About Ainsworth, Iowa
Ainsworth rests in a broad, open sweep of Iowa land, where the fields unfurl like bolts of woven green and gold under a sky that seems to stretch on forever. It lies 25.7 miles south of Iowa City, IA (from Iowa City, IA: bearing 183°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east of Washington. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling prairie, etched by the slow, persistent work of water over millennia, creating shallow valleys and broad, rounded hills that cradle farmsteads and stretch toward distant horizons. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, tinged with the faint sweetness of ripening corn and the dry dust of summer roads. Even in the quietude, there's a sense of vastness, a feeling that the land itself breathes, expanding and contracting with the seasons, and the occasional whisper of wind through the tall prairie grasses is the only sound to break the profound stillness. The history of Ainsworth is bound to the rich soil that has sustained it, a legacy of hardy settlers who saw potential in this fertile ground. Agriculture has long been the heart of Ainsworth’s economy, with generations of families cultivating the land, their lives marked by the planting and harvesting cycles of corn, soybeans, and other grains. The town itself, small and unassuming, possesses a quiet resilience, a character forged in the shared experiences of rural life. Though no grand monuments dominate the landscape, the enduring spirit of the place can be felt in the well-maintained farmhouses, the sturdy grain elevators that punctuate the skyline, and the simple, enduring rhythm of daily life that continues to unfold here, much as it has for over a century.
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| Location | Ainsworth, Washington County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.28891°N, 91.552384°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52201 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ainsworth, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ainsworth, Iowa, 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 Ainsworth includes coordinates 41.288910°N, 91.552384°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 52201. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
