Badger, Iowa Weather
Badger, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Badger, Webster County.
Full aviation weather for Badger is published on the Fort Dodge Regional Airport (KFOD) page, 8 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 Badger 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 Badger: Humboldt Municipal Airport (K0K7) 16 km · Eagle Grove Municipal Airport (KEAG) 22 km · Webster City Municipal Airport (KEBS) 30 km · Clarion Municipal Airport (KCAV) 35 km · Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) 43 km
Conditions reported at KFOD describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Badger specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Badger.
About Badger, Iowa
Badger settles into the broad, fertile expanse of Webster County, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a gentle, earthy scent. It lies 48.2 miles north-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 326°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north of Fort Dodge. The horizon, a clean sweep of sky meeting the cultivated fields, feels impossibly distant, a vast canvas brushed with the golds of ripening corn and the deep greens of soybean leaves. Here, the terrain unfolds in patient, rolling swells, not dramatic peaks but a subtle rise and fall that speaks of ancient glaciers and eons of patient erosion. The air, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun begins its slow descent, takes on a honeyed quality, softening the sharp edges of the day and casting long, theatrical shadows across the furrows. Even the wind, when it rustles through the stalks, seems to carry a hushed whisper, a constant, quiet conversation with the land. The story of Badger is intrinsically tied to the rich soil that surrounds it, a legacy of agrarian endeavor that has shaped its character and sustained its people for generations. This is a landscape carved by the plow and nourished by the rain, its economy a testament to the enduring power of agriculture. While the specific industries may shift with the seasons and the market, the fundamental rhythm of planting and harvest continues to dictate the pulse of life in Badger. The very air seems to hum with the quiet industry of those who work the land, a subtle acknowledgment of the hard-won bounty that defines this corner of Iowa. It is a place where community is built on shared experience, where the cycles of nature are not just observed but deeply felt, a quiet strength woven into the fabric of everyday existence.
Live animated radar for Badger 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Badger, Webster County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.614415°N, 94.14607°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50516 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Badger, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Badger, 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 Badger includes coordinates 42.614415°N, 94.146070°W, situated in Webster County. ZIP code 50516. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
