Arcadia, Iowa Weather
Arcadia, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arcadia, Carroll County.
Full aviation weather for Arcadia is published on the Arthur N Neu Airport (KCIN) page, 22 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 Arcadia 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 Arcadia: Denison Municipal Airport (KDNS) 30 km · Sac City Municipal Airport (KSKI) 33 km · Ida Grove Municipal Airport (KIDG) 43 km · Audubon County Airport (KADU) 44 km · Rockwell City Municipal Airport (K2Y4) 48 km
Conditions reported at KCIN describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arcadia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arcadia.
About Arcadia, Iowa
Arcadia exhales a quiet breath across Carroll County, its landscape a gentle swell of fertile earth that rolls towards the horizon like a slumbering giant. It lies 68.2 miles west-north-west of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 299°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Carroll. The fields, a mosaic of emerald and gold depending on the season, stretch wide under a sky that seems to hold more blue than most places. Here, the air itself feels a little lighter, carrying the scent of freshly turned soil and the distant murmur of wind through corn stalks. The very character of Arcadia is etched into this open prairie, a sense of patient endurance reflected in the steadfast lines of farmhouses and the slow, deliberate dance of clouds across the vast expanse. The story of Arcadia is one of quiet persistence, a legacy of prairie pioneers who coaxed life from this rich, dark soil. Agriculture remains the heart’s steady beat, the lifeblood of the community flowing through fields of corn and soybeans that feed the nation. Though no grand monuments mark its past, the history of Arcadia is written in the enduring structures of its grain elevators, silent sentinels against the sky, and in the weathered wood of its older barns, whispering tales of generations past. The local economy, deeply rooted in the land, thrives on the bounty of the harvest, a testament to the hard work and deep connection its people share with this place.
Live animated radar for Arcadia 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 | Arcadia, Carroll County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.087207°N, 95.046102°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51430 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arcadia, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arcadia, 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 Arcadia includes coordinates 42.087207°N, 95.046102°W, situated in Carroll County. ZIP code 51430. Telephone area code: 563. 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.
