Buffalo, Iowa Weather
Buffalo, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Buffalo, Scott County.
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About Buffalo, Iowa
Buffalo, Iowa, unfolds along the wide, generous sweep of the Mississippi River, a place where the land leans in to meet the water with a gentle, agricultural grace. It lies 8.3 miles west-south-west of Rock Island, IL (from Rock Island, IL: bearing 244°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west-south-west of Davenport. Fields of corn and soybeans, ripening under the vast prairie sky, stretch and ripple like green and gold velvet toward the horizon, broken occasionally by stands of cottonwood and willow that cluster along the riverbanks, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets. The air here carries the mingled scents of fertile earth and the distant, damp breath of the river, a subtle perfume that shifts with the seasons, becoming sharper with frost in autumn or sweeter with burgeoning life in spring. Even on a quiet afternoon, a sense of spaciousness prevails, a feeling amplified by the enormous, ever-present sky that seems to hold the entire landscape in its luminous embrace. The history of Buffalo is inextricably bound to the lifeblood of the Mississippi, a waterway that has shaped its fortunes from the earliest days of steamboat travel and the hardy souls who first sought to tame this stretch of fertile land. The town’s economy, historically rooted in agriculture and the river's commerce, still bears the imprint of that past, with silos standing like stoic sentinels against the sky and grain barges occasionally gliding past, their hulls laden with the bounty of the surrounding farms. While modern industry has found its footing here, the enduring character of Buffalo remains one of quiet resilience, a place where the rhythms of the land and the river dictate the pace of life, a steady, unhurried cadence that offers a distinct sense of belonging.
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| Location | Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.45642°N, 90.723475°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52728 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Buffalo, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buffalo, 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 Buffalo includes coordinates 41.456420°N, 90.723475°W, situated in Scott County. ZIP code 52728. 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.
