Cushing, Iowa Weather
Cushing, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cushing, Woodbury County.
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About Cushing, Iowa
Cushing rests in the broad, welcoming embrace of Iowa's rolling prairie, a landscape painted in broad strokes of green and gold that shift with the seasons. It lies 37.0 miles east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 94°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west-south-west of Holstein. The land here is a study in gentle contours, where the horizon seems to stretch into an infinite, luminous sky, especially in the quiet hours of late afternoon when the sun casts long, buttery shadows across the fields. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of freshly turned soil and ripening corn, a perfume unique to this fertile heartland. The roads, like ribbons of grey, meander through this expanse, leading to scattered farmsteads and the unassuming core of Cushing itself, where life unfolds with a quiet, steady cadence. The story of Cushing is intimately tied to the rich agricultural heritage of Woodbury County, a legacy that continues to define its local economy. For generations, the fertile soil has yielded bountiful harvests of corn and soybeans, the lifeblood of the region, sustaining families and fueling the businesses that dot the main street. This enduring connection to the land has fostered a deep sense of community, where neighbors rely on one another, a tradition perhaps as old as the first settlers who carved their lives from this prairie. While the grand pronouncements of history might pass by, the quiet hum of agricultural machinery and the familiar faces in the general store speak volumes of Cushing's enduring character, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life.
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| Location | Cushing, Woodbury County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.46471°N, 95.675006°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51018 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cushing, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cushing, 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 Cushing includes coordinates 42.464710°N, 95.675006°W, situated in Woodbury County. ZIP code 51018. 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. 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.
