Barnes City, Iowa Weather
Barnes City, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Barnes City, Mahaska County.
Full aviation weather for Barnes City is published on the Oskaloosa Municipal Airport (KOOA) page, 31 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 Barnes City 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 Barnes City: Grinnell Regional Airport (KGGI) 32 km · Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) 42 km · Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (KTZT) 44 km · Ottumwa Regional Airport (KOTM) 45 km · Newton Municipal Airport (KTNU) 50 km
Conditions reported at KOOA describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Barnes City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Barnes City.
About Barnes City, Iowa
Barnes City sits in a landscape that breathes the wide-open Iowa sky. It lies 33.9 miles north of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 355°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-south-east of Montezuma. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields, their rich, dark soil a testament to generations of farmers, stretching out under a vast, ever-changing canopy. Rolling hills, softened by distance, give way to the more immediate presence of corn and soybean stalks, their green hues shifting to burnished gold as the seasons turn. A quiet stillness often settles over Barnes City, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a meadowlark, a sound that seems to carry on the very air, thin and clean. The late afternoon sun, when it filters through the summer haze, casts long, languid shadows that stretch across the fields, lending the ordinary a touch of the sublime. The history of Barnes City is written in the enduring patterns of agriculture. This is a place where the rhythm of planting and harvest has long dictated the pulse of life, a legacy passed down through families who have worked this land for decades, their roots sunk deep into the prairie soil. The local economy, like many in Mahaska County, remains tethered to the bounty of the earth, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the constant flow of produce. While grand monuments may be absent, the true landmarks of Barnes City are the weathered barns, the sturdy farmhouses, and the collective memory of a community that has weathered economic shifts and celebrated agricultural successes with quiet resilience, a spirit as enduring as the prairie itself.
Live animated radar for Barnes City 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 | Barnes City, Mahaska County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.508337°N, 92.468242°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50027 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Barnes City, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barnes City, 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 Barnes City includes coordinates 41.508337°N, 92.468242°W, situated in Mahaska County. ZIP code 50027. 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.
