Boone, Iowa Weather
Boone, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Boone, Boone County.
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About Boone, Iowa
Boone rises from the fertile heartland, a place where the sky seems to stretch an infinite canvas across rolling Iowa fields. It lies 13.5 miles west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 277°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Ogden. The landscape here is a gentle, sweeping undulation of cultivated land, broken by stands of mature trees that offer shade and a whisper of wildness. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a clean, earthy scent, hinting at the rich loam that sustains the region. Even in the quietude of a summer afternoon, there's a subtle energy, a sense of life stirring in the tall grasses and the distant hum of agricultural machinery. The character of Boone is etched into its wide streets and sturdy brick buildings, a reflection of the enduring spirit of its people, who navigate life with a grounded pragmatism and a quiet resilience. The history of Boone is deeply entwined with the iron horse and the bounty of the earth. Once a vital hub for the Chicago and North Western Railway, the legacy of its railroad past is still palpable, a reminder of the ambition that connected this prairie settlement to the wider world. The rich agricultural soil, a gift from millennia of prairie grasses, continues to define its economy, with fields of corn and soybeans stretching to the horizon, a verdant sea under the vast Iowa sky. The Des Moines River, a ribbon of silver, flows nearby, its presence a gentle counterpoint to the vastness of the surrounding plains. Boone embraces its heritage, a living testament to the industriousness and foresight that shaped it, yet it also looks forward, a community that understands the enduring value of hard work and the simple beauty of the land.
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| Location | Boone, Boone County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.059705°N, 93.880227°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50036, 50037, 50099 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boone, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boone, 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 Boone includes coordinates 42.059705°N, 93.880227°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 50036, 50037, 50099. 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. 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.
