Baxter, Iowa Weather
Baxter, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Baxter, Jasper County.
Full aviation weather for Baxter is published on the Newton Municipal Airport (KTNU) page, 20 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 Baxter 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 Baxter: Grinnell Regional Airport (KGGI) 37 km · Marshalltown Municipal Airport (KMIW) 37 km · Ankeny Regional Airport (KIKV) 38 km · Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) 43 km · Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) 50 km
Conditions reported at KTNU describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Baxter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Baxter, Iowa
Baxter rests in the broad embrace of Jasper County, a place where the land rolls with a quiet persistence, a gentle swell of fertile earth stretching towards horizons unfurled like banners. It lies 19.9 miles south-west of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 219°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-south-west of Melbourne. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas where clouds drift in leisurely processions, sometimes painting the afternoon with hues of bruised lavender and molten gold. Fields, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds depending on the season, march across the landscape, their neat rows suggesting a patient, deliberate cultivation. The air itself carries a clean, crisp scent, a blend of turned soil, distant hay, and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that speaks of the earth's steady, generous labor. The story of Baxter is etched in the very soil it cultivates. Its roots are deeply entwined with the agricultural spirit of Iowa, a legacy built on the back of hardworking farmers who have coaxed abundance from this land for generations. The local economy, while primarily agricultural, has seen its steady evolution, with pockets of small businesses and services catering to the needs of the surrounding farms and residents. Life in Baxter unfolds at a pace that allows for conversation on front porches and the sharing of news at the local diner, a comfortable rhythm born of community and a shared understanding of the land's enduring bounty. There is a quiet pride here, a sense of place that comes from knowing the seasons, the soil, and the people who call Baxter home.
Live animated radar for Baxter 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 | Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.8261°N, 93.15159°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50028 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baxter, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baxter, 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 Baxter includes coordinates 41.826100°N, 93.151590°W, situated in Jasper County. ZIP code 50028. 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.
