Carroll, Iowa Weather
Carroll, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Carroll, Carroll County.
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About Carroll, Iowa
Carroll rests on land that rolls with a patient, agricultural grace, the kind of terrain that has long been coaxed into yielding its bounty. It lies 59.5 miles west-north-west of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 302°T), and is situated 7.1 miles west of Glidden. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their greens and golds shifting with the wind, a living quilt stitched across the horizon. The air here, especially in late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying hay and damp earth, a perfume of honest labor. The sky above Carroll is a vast, ever-changing canvas, where clouds gather in dramatic formations, their shadows drifting like slow-motion ships across the land, painting fleeting patterns on the greening earth. The story of Carroll is one of hardy settlers who saw potential in these fertile plains, laying down roots that have grown deep. The town's economy, like that of so many in this part of Iowa, is still firmly tethered to the land, with agriculture and its related industries forming the bedrock of prosperity. You can see it in the grain elevators standing sentinel, and feel it in the steady hum of activity that pulses through the streets, a quiet testament to generations of farmers and business owners who have shaped Carroll. It’s a place where tradition is not a relic, but a living force, evident in the way neighbors greet each other with a nod and a smile, a simple acknowledgment of shared experience.
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| Location | Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.065818°N, 94.86693°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51401 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Carroll, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carroll, 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 Carroll includes coordinates 42.065818°N, 94.866930°W, situated in Carroll County. ZIP code 51401. Telephone area code: 563. 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.
