Brighton, Iowa Weather
Brighton, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brighton, Washington County.
Full aviation weather for Brighton is published on the Washington Municipal Airport (KAWG) page, 17 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 Brighton 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 Brighton: Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFFL) 19 km · Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) 36 km · Keosauqua Municipal Airport (K6K9) 50 km · Ottumwa Regional Airport (KOTM) 53 km · Iowa City Municipal Airport (KIOW) 56 km
Conditions reported at KAWG describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brighton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brighton.
About Brighton, Iowa
Brighton sits like a patient sentinel on Iowa's rolling prairie, its landscape a gentle exhale of cultivated fields and meandering creeks. It lies 32.6 miles east-north-east of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 71°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-north-west of Wayland. The land here is a soft, fertile swell, where corn and soybeans stretch to horizons that seem to hold the sky itself, a vast, unbroken canvas often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a prairie sunset. The air, particularly in the early mornings, carries a crisp, clean scent, tinged with the damp earth and the distant whisper of wind through ripening stalks. Life in Brighton moves with a quiet deliberation, a steady hum that resonates with the turning of seasons and the predictable rhythm of agricultural life, where the silos stand as silent witnesses to the bounty of the soil. The history of Brighton is intrinsically linked to the fertile ground it occupies, its founding settlers drawn by the promise of rich farmland that would sustain generations. The local economy, still largely rooted in agriculture, sees the steady procession of grain trucks during harvest season, a vital artery connecting this corner of Washington County to wider markets. While no grand monuments define its skyline, the weathered barns and the unassuming storefronts of its main street tell a story of resilience and quiet persistence. The very character of Brighton is etched in the subtle variations of its terrain, in the way the sunlight catches the dew on a spiderweb strung between fence posts, or the deep, satisfying silence that settles over the fields after a summer rain.
Live animated radar for Brighton 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 | Brighton, Washington County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.174739°N, 91.819615°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52540 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brighton, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brighton, 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 Brighton includes coordinates 41.174739°N, 91.819615°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 52540. 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.
