Boxholm, Iowa Weather
Boxholm, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Boxholm, Boone County.
Full aviation weather for Boxholm is published on the Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) page, 26 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 Boxholm 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 Boxholm: Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) 27 km · Webster City Municipal Airport (KEBS) 35 km · Perry Municipal Airport (KPRO) 39 km · Fort Dodge Regional Airport (KFOD) 42 km · Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) 45 km
Conditions reported at KBNW describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boxholm specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boxholm.
About Boxholm, Iowa
Boxholm is a quiet gathering of houses and businesses where the broad, fertile fields of Boone County begin to roll more insistently towards the horizon. It lies 26.8 miles west-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 292°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south-south-west of Dayton. The land here is a study in muted greens and golds, the cultivated acres stretching in orderly rectangles that meet the sky with a clean, unwavering line. A gentle breeze, carrying the scent of turned earth and distant, sun-baked grass, often whispers through the sparse trees that border the county road, their leaves rustling like brittle paper. The air itself seems to hold a certain stillness, a patient waiting that is characteristic of these wide-open spaces, where the sky feels vast enough to swallow any hurried thought. The history of Boxholm is a quiet echo of the agricultural heartland it inhabits. Settled by Scandinavian immigrants drawn to the rich Iowa soil, the community’s character is still subtly shaped by that heritage, a sense of industriousness and a deep connection to the land. The local economy, for generations, has been inextricably linked to the bounty of the surrounding farms, with grain elevators standing sentinel over roads that lead to fields of corn and soybeans. While not a bustling metropolis, Boxholm possesses a distinctive, unpretentious charm, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons and the steady rhythm of rural existence, a place that feels both grounded and serenely expansive.
Live animated radar for Boxholm 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 | Boxholm, Boone County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.175811°N, 94.106069°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50040 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boxholm, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boxholm, 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 Boxholm includes coordinates 42.175811°N, 94.106069°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 50040. 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.
