Crawfordsville, Iowa Weather
Crawfordsville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crawfordsville, Washington County.
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About Crawfordsville, Iowa
Crawfordsville lies in a landscape shaped by the persistent, gentle sculpting of glacial activity, where the land unfolds in broad, sweeping contours that catch the wide Iowa sky. It lies 30.9 miles south of Iowa City, IA (from Iowa City, IA: bearing 181°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south-east of Washington. Rolling fields of corn and soybeans, a verdant quilt stitched with the darker green of distant tree lines, stretch to the horizon, their cultivated surfaces often shimmering under the sun’s steady gaze. Small streams, like silver threads, meander through the terrain, their banks softened by native grasses and the occasional stand of cottonwoods that rustle with a sound like hushed secrets. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of growing things and distant, tilled soil, and the quiet hum of unseen insects forms a constant, unobtrusive soundtrack to the day. The history of Crawfordsville is rooted in the fertile soil and the industrious spirit of its early settlers, many of whom arrived in the mid-19th century, drawn by the promise of agricultural abundance. The local economy, still largely tied to the land, sees the harvest of grain as a central event, a cyclical rhythm that has sustained the community for generations. While the agricultural sector remains the bedrock, a quiet diversification has emerged, with small businesses and craft enterprises adding their own unique threads to the local fabric. The town itself retains a comfortable, unhurried pace, a place where neighbors still recognize one another and the community’s shared past is not a relic but a living presence, evident in the well-maintained older homes and the enduring brickwork of its central structures.
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| Location | Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.21456°N, 91.53731°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52621 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crawfordsville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crawfordsville, 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 Crawfordsville includes coordinates 41.214560°N, 91.537310°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 52621. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
