Correctionville, Iowa Weather
Correctionville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Correctionville, Woodbury County.
Full aviation weather for Correctionville is published on the Ida Grove Municipal Airport (KIDG) page, 32 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 Correctionville 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 Correctionville: James G. Whiting Memorial Field (KMEY) 33 km · Cherokee County Regional Airport (KCKP) 34 km · Storm Lake Municipal Airport (KSLB) 47 km · Le Mars Municipal Airport (KLRJ) 47 km · Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field (KSUX) 50 km
Conditions reported at KIDG describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Correctionville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Correctionville.
About Correctionville, Iowa
Correctionville rests in a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and wind. It lies 31.4 miles east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 93°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-east of Anthon. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle swell and fall that speaks of ancient glacial journeys, now smoothed by centuries of cultivation and the tireless flow of the nearby Big Sioux River. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like green and gold carpets under a sky that often seems impossibly vast, its blue deepening to an indigo bruise at dusk. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries the clean, damp scent of dew-kissed earth and the faintest hint of distant livestock, a perfume of the working countryside. The character of Correctionville is one of quiet persistence, a groundedness that feels as deep as the rich, dark soil underfoot. The history of Correctionville is intrinsically tied to the fertile river valley, a place where early settlers found both sustenance and a challenge in taming the land. Its economy has long been rooted in agriculture, the bounty of the surrounding farms feeding the grain elevators that punctuate the horizon with their utilitarian grace. While the rhythms of life in Correctionville are largely dictated by the seasons of planting and harvest, a quiet resilience underpins its days. The town itself, with its modest Main Street and the solid brick facades of its older buildings, holds the echoes of generations who built their lives here, their stories woven into the very fabric of the place without overt fanfare.
Live animated radar for Correctionville 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 | Correctionville, Woodbury County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.474989°N, 95.785565°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51016 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Correctionville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Correctionville, 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 Correctionville includes coordinates 42.474989°N, 95.785565°W, situated in Woodbury County. ZIP code 51016. 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.
