Clear Lake, Iowa Weather
Clear Lake, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County.
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About Clear Lake, Iowa
Clear Lake exhales a breath of prairie air, a wide, placid expanse fringed by a gentle slope of land that gradually rises into the rolling terrain characteristic of northern Iowa. It lies 9.1 miles west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 263°T), and is situated 5.0 miles east of Ventura. The lake itself, a generous blue mirror under the vast Iowa sky, is the undisputed heart of this place, its shores a patchwork of manicured parks and the weathered docks of private homes. Along its edges, cattails stand in stoic ranks, their feathery plumes catching the wind, while in the summer months, the air hums with the bright, insistent chatter of vacationers and the distant drone of boat engines, a familiar soundtrack to Clear Lake’s aquatic life. This corner of Cerro Gordo County has long been shaped by the agricultural bounty of its fertile soil, a legacy evident in the broad fields that surround Clear Lake, yielding corn and soybeans in abundance. The lake's charm has historically drawn visitors, cultivating a vibrant tourism economy built around its recreational offerings, from swimming and boating to the annual music festival that brings a lively pulse to the town. For decades, the distinctive Art Deco architecture of the Surf Ballroom has stood as a significant landmark, a place where legends of music have performed, its history resonating with the echoes of a bygone era, adding a layer of cultural depth to the everyday rhythm of Clear Lake.
Live animated radar for Clear Lake and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.138015°N, 93.379372°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50428 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clear Lake, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clear Lake, 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 Clear Lake includes coordinates 43.138015°N, 93.379372°W, situated in Cerro Gordo County. ZIP code 50428. Telephone area code: 515. 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.
