Castana, Iowa Weather
Castana, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Castana, Monona County.
Full aviation weather for Castana is published on the James G. Whiting Memorial Field (KMEY) page, 15 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 Castana 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 Castana: Tekamah Municipal Airport (KTQE) 41 km · Woodbine Municipal Airport (K3Y4) 42 km · Denison Municipal Airport (KDNS) 45 km · Ida Grove Municipal Airport (KIDG) 48 km · Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (KSUX) 53 km
Conditions reported at KMEY describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Castana specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Castana.
About Castana, Iowa
Castana lies in a landscape where the land itself seems to sigh, a gentle sweep of prairie that rolls towards the distant horizon, punctuated by the sturdier forms of cottonwood and oak. It lies 38.7 miles south-east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 139°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-west of Mapleton. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a rain, and the vast Iowa sky, a canvas of ever-shifting blues and grays, dictates the mood of the day. Fields of corn and soybeans, emerald green in the growing season and golden in autumn, stretch out like a rumpled quilt, their neat rows a testament to human hands working with the generous, yet demanding, soil. The roads, mostly gravel and well-worn, snake between these fields, leading to farmsteads that stand as solitary sentinels against the immensity of the land. The story of Castana is written in its quiet persistence, a legacy of agriculture that has sustained generations. Founded by settlers drawn to the fertile ground, the local economy has long been anchored in the cultivation of the land, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the capricious nature of weather. The grain elevator, a familiar silhouette against the sky, stands as a silent monument to this enduring connection. While the pace of life in Castana is unhurried, marked by the slow turning of the sun and the predictable cycles of planting and harvest, there's a deep-rooted resilience in its character, a reflection of the people who have chosen to call this patch of Iowa home, finding beauty in the simplicity of the open sky and the steadfastness of the earth.
Live animated radar for Castana 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 | Castana, Monona County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.074433°N, 95.908621°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51010 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Castana, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Castana, 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 Castana includes coordinates 42.074433°N, 95.908621°W, situated in Monona County. ZIP code 51010. 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. 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.
