Brandon, Iowa Weather
Brandon, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brandon, Buchanan County.
Full aviation weather for Brandon is published on the Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (KVTI) page, 11 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 Brandon 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 Brandon: Independence Municipal Airport (KIIB) 16 km · Oelwein Municipal Airport (KOLZ) 41 km · Waterloo Regional Airport (KALO) 42 km · Manchester Municipal Airport (KC27) 46 km · Marion Airport (KC17) 50 km
Conditions reported at KVTI describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brandon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brandon.
About Brandon, Iowa
Brandon rests in the broad, forgiving embrace of Buchanan County, Iowa, a place where the land itself seems to breathe a slow, steady exhalation of cultivated fields. It lies 21.3 miles south-east of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 125°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east of La Porte City. The horizon here is a clean, unbroken line, a testament to the vastness that stretches from the rich, dark loam underfoot. Gentle swells of prairie grass give way to the more ordered geometry of corn and soybean rows, their vibrant greens and golds rippling under the wide Iowa sky. The air, especially in the quiet moments before dawn, carries a clean, earthy scent, mingled with the faint, sweet perfume of ripening grain. Creeks, little more than silver threads in the landscape, meander through the fields, their banks softened by willows and cottonwoods, offering a cool, dappled shade that feels ancient and deeply rooted. The story of Brandon is one of quiet persistence, of generations who have coaxed sustenance from this fertile soil. Its founding, like many prairie settlements, was tied to the railroad's slow, inexorable march westward, a steel artery that brought people and possibility. The local economy remains firmly anchored in agriculture, a continuing dialogue between the farmer and the land, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the rhythm of life. While the days might unfold with an unhurried grace, there's a palpable sense of purpose in the way the tractors move across the fields, their engines a low thrum against the vast silence. Brandon itself, a collection of sturdy buildings and welcoming faces, embodies the enduring spirit of this region, a place where community is as deeply ingrained as the roots of the prairie grass.
Live animated radar for Brandon 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Brandon, Buchanan County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.314436°N, 92.002123°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52210 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brandon, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brandon, 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 Brandon includes coordinates 42.314436°N, 92.002123°W, situated in Buchanan County. ZIP code 52210. 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. 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.
