Crystal Lake, Iowa Weather
Crystal Lake, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crystal Lake, Hancock County.
Full aviation weather for Crystal Lake is published on the Forest City Municipal Airport (KFXY) page, 14 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 Crystal Lake 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 Crystal Lake: Lake Mills Municipal Airport (K0Y6) 31 km · Mason City Municipal Airport (KMCW) 38 km · Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA) 42 km · Blue Earth Municipal Airport (KSBU) 48 km · Clarion Municipal Airport (KCAV) 54 km
Conditions reported at KFXY describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crystal Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crystal Lake.
About Crystal Lake, Iowa
Crystal Lake lies in a broad, fertile expanse of Iowa, where the land rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, softened by generations of cultivation. It lies 30.2 miles west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 279°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west-south-west of Forest City. The sky here is an immense, ever-present dome, often a pale, washed blue in summer, deepening to a bruised indigo before a storm, or a vast, star-dusted velvet on clear nights. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, their greens and golds a patchwork quilt under the sun, punctuated by the darker smudges of distant farmsteads and the occasional cluster of wind-bent trees. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and the fainter, sweeter perfume of ripening grain, a quiet testament to the enduring partnership between the people and their land. Even the silence here has a texture, a deep hum of unseen life and the distant murmur of agricultural machinery. The history of Crystal Lake is deeply entwined with the agricultural backbone of Hancock County, a story written in the fertile black soil that has supported generations of farmers. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of this rich earth, established a community that has largely retained its connection to the land, with the local economy still heavily reliant on grain production and livestock. While modern farming has brought its own advancements, the fundamental rhythm of planting and harvest continues to define the year in Crystal Lake. The presence of the lake itself, a modest but cherished body of water, offers a natural focal point, its shores a place for quiet reflection or simple recreation, a reminder of the natural endowments that drew people here in the first place, and continue to sustain the character of this Iowa locality.
Live animated radar for Crystal Lake 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 | Crystal Lake, Hancock County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.223292°N, 93.792443°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50432 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crystal Lake, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crystal Lake, 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 Crystal Lake includes coordinates 43.223292°N, 93.792443°W, situated in Hancock County. ZIP code 50432. 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.
