Bellevue, Iowa Weather
Bellevue, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Bellevue, Jackson County.
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About Bellevue, Iowa
Bellevue, a jewel on the Mississippi's western bank, exhales a quiet charm onto the rolling Iowa landscape. It lies 20.8 miles south-east of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 143°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west of Hanover. The bluffs here do not merely rise; they gather the sky, their wooded shoulders softened by the persistent caress of wind and rain, a verdant drapery that spills down towards the river's wide, slow breath. In the hushed mornings, a silver mist often clings to the low-lying fields, blurring the edges between water and earth, and lending a spectral beauty to the awakening farms. The air, when it’s not sharp with the coming frost or heavy with summer’s humidity, carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, melancholic song of a tugboat horn. This is a place where the horizon feels vast, a constant invitation to gaze outward, yet the intimate details of a dew-kissed spiderweb or the intricate pattern of lichen on an ancient stone fence remain compellingly present. The history of Bellevue is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent hum of its river trade and the quiet resilience of its people. For generations, the Mississippi has been both highway and lifeblood, a conduit for the grain harvested from the fertile soil that surrounds the town, and a source of livelihood through fishing and ferry services. Though the steamboats of yesteryear are largely gone, replaced by more modern vessels, the spirit of commerce and connection to the waterway endures. The town itself, with its sturdy brick buildings and carefully maintained historic homes, whispers tales of an earlier era, of hardy settlers who carved their lives from the wilderness. The gentle cadence of everyday life in Bellevue is punctuated by the predictable rhythm of the seasons, a steady beat that resonates with the enduring connection to the land and the ceaseless flow of the great river.
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| Location | Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.258627°N, 90.422906°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52031 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bellevue, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bellevue, Iowa, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Bellevue includes coordinates 42.258627°N, 90.422906°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 52031. Telephone area code: 712. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
