Blakesburg, Iowa Weather
Blakesburg, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blakesburg, Wapello County.
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About Blakesburg, Iowa
Blakesburg rests in the gentle embrace of Wapello County, a place where the land exhales the scent of ripening corn and the sky stretches, an immense canvas of shifting blues. It lies 12.3 miles west-south-west of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 251°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east-south-east of Albia. The terrain here is a soft, rolling prairie, broken by the meandering pathways of small creeks that whisper through fields of soybeans and alfalfa. Evenings descend with a peculiar, almost tangible quietude, the air cooling and carrying the distant murmur of tractors, a sound that anchors the day to the earth. The houses of Blakesburg, often painted in hues of faded white and muted earth tones, seem to sink into the landscape, as if they too have grown from the rich Iowa soil. The story of Blakesburg is one of quiet resilience, a testament to the agricultural heart that beats within this part of Iowa. Its founding, like many communities in the region, was tied to the fertile ground and the promise of sustenance it offered to early settlers. The local economy remains deeply rooted in farming, with grain elevators standing like silent sentinels against the horizon, their silos testament to the bounty of harvests. While the pace of life in Blakesburg is unhurried, a steady hum of community activity persists, centered around the schoolhouse and the general store, where conversations often drift to the weather and the yields of the season, echoes of generations who have looked to the sky and the soil for their livelihood.
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| Location | Blakesburg, Wapello County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.962235°N, 92.63408°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52536 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blakesburg, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blakesburg, 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 Blakesburg includes coordinates 40.962235°N, 92.634080°W, situated in Wapello County. ZIP code 52536. 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.
