Alden, Iowa Weather
Alden, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Alden, Hardin County.
Full aviation weather for Alden is published on the Iowa Falls Municipal Airport (KIFA) page, 10 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 Alden 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 Alden: Hampton Municipal Airport (KHPT) 26 km · Clarion Municipal Airport (KCAV) 40 km · Webster City Municipal Airport (KEBS) 42 km · Eagle Grove Municipal Airport (KEAG) 49 km · Allison Municipal Airport (K98) 54 km
Conditions reported at KIFA describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Alden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Alden.
About Alden, Iowa
Alden unfolds across a gently rolling prairie, where horizons stretch wide and the sky dominates the view, a vast canvas of ever-changing blues and grays. It lies 35.8 miles north-north-east of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Iowa Falls. The land here is a rich, dark loam, the kind that clings stubbornly to a farmer's boots and promises bounty under the sun. Fields of corn and soybeans, their stalks a vibrant green in summer and a sun-bleached gold in autumn, march in orderly rows towards distant tree lines that offer scant interruption to the sweeping openness. Farmhouses, often painted in cheerful whites or weathered reds, stand as solitary sentinels against the immense sky, their wind-powered pumps a familiar, rhythmic pulse in the quiet air. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of growing things and the distant whisper of tractors at work. The history of Alden is deeply entwined with the cultivation of this fertile ground, a story written in the tireless efforts of generations who coaxed life from the prairie soil. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of agricultural prosperity, established a community that has largely sustained itself on the bounty of its farms, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the tempo of life. While the broader agricultural economy fluctuates, the resilience of Alden's roots remains, a quiet testament to the enduring strength of its people. The absence of grand monuments or bustling attractions allows for a deeper appreciation of the subtle beauty of everyday existence here: the way sunlight catches the dew on a spiderweb spun between fence posts, or the comforting glow of porch lights against the deepening twilight.
Live animated radar for Alden 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 | Alden, Hardin County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.520257°N, 93.376039°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50006 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Alden, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alden, 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 Alden includes coordinates 42.520257°N, 93.376039°W, situated in Hardin County. ZIP code 50006. Telephone area code: 515. 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.
