Bennett, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bennett, Cedar County.
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Bennett, Iowa, exists as a quiet exhale on the prairie, a place where the sky feels vast and the land rolls out in broad, green strokes. It lies 25.3 miles north-west of Davenport, IA (from Davenport, IA: bearing 306°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-south-east of Tipton. The air here carries a subtle scent of turned earth and distant, sun-baked hay, a perfume of the agricultural heartland. Farmsteads, their silos like stoic sentinels, punctuate the horizon, their red roofs a warm counterpoint to the immense blue dome overhead. The terrain, sculpted by glacial forces long ago, offers gentle, sweeping contours that invite the eye to wander, a landscape that breathes with the slow, steady pulse of the seasons. Even the shadows at dusk seem to possess a certain weight, stretching long and indigo across the fields, hinting at the deep, unhurried peace of this corner of Cedar County. The story of Bennett is inextricably linked to the fertile soil that surrounds it, the same rich loam that has sustained generations of farmers. Its roots are in the agrarian spirit of the 19th century, a time when hardy pioneers sought out these expansive prairies to cultivate wheat and corn, laying the foundation for a local economy that still, in large part, turns on the harvest. While the railroad brought initial growth, a tangible sense of history lingers in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its main street. Bennett’s character is one of quiet resilience, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the planting and the reaping, a steadfastness that defines its enduring presence.
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| Location | Bennett, Cedar County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.740302°N, 90.973763°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52721 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bennett, 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 Bennett includes coordinates 41.740302°N, 90.973763°W, situated in Cedar County. ZIP code 52721. 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.