Colo, Iowa Weather
Colo, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Colo, Story County.
Full aviation weather for Colo is published on the Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) page, 26 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 Colo 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 Colo: Marshalltown Municipal Airport (KMIW) 34 km · Ankeny Regional Airport (KIKV) 42 km · Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) 44 km · Newton Municipal Airport (KTNU) 45 km · Iowa Falls Municipal Airport (KIFA) 50 km
Conditions reported at KAMW describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Colo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Colo.
About Colo, Iowa
Colo unfolds across the broad, welcoming canvas of Iowa's heartland, a place where the horizon stretches vast and unbroken, often painted with the fiery hues of sunset. It lies 15.7 miles east of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 94°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Nevada. Here, the land lies in gentle swells, a fertile breast of dark earth that has been shaped by the slow, persistent work of wind and water over countless seasons. The air itself carries a clean, sweet scent of ripening corn and freshly turned soil, particularly potent in the languid stillness of late summer. The sky above Colo is a character in its own right, a boundless dome that shifts from the pale robin's egg blue of morning to the deep, star-dusted indigo of night, offering an almost overwhelming sense of space. The story of Colo is written in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, a legacy of generations who coaxed sustenance from this rich loam. Its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the fields, with corn and soybeans standing as silent, golden sentinels across the landscape. Though small, Colo possesses a grounded character, a sense of enduring practicality that speaks to its prairie origins. The occasional grain elevator, a stoic monument against the sky, stands as a reminder of the ongoing labor and the cycles of harvest that define this place, each one a quiet testament to the community's connection to the land.
Live animated radar for Colo 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 | Colo, Story County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.017765°N, 93.315207°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50056 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Colo, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colo, 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 Colo includes coordinates 42.017765°N, 93.315207°W, situated in Story County. ZIP code 50056. 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. 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.
