Eagle Grove, Iowa Weather
Eagle Grove, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Eagle Grove, Wright County.
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About Eagle Grove, Iowa
Eagle Grove rests on Iowa's prairie, a broad, flat expanse where the sky seems to stretch forever, meeting the land in a soft, indistinct horizon. It lies 45.9 miles north-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 342°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-south-west of Clarion. The landscape is a quilt of cultivated fields, emerald green in spring and summer, turning to gold and russet in the autumn, broken by the occasional cluster of trees that mark a farmstead or a sliver of riparian woodland along a slow-moving creek. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of tilled soil and growing things, and the silence here is not an absence of sound, but a fullness of quiet, punctuated by the distant drone of a tractor or the call of a meadowlark. The character of Eagle Grove is one of patient endurance, of lives lived in close communion with the seasons and the land that sustains them. The history of Eagle Grove is inextricably linked to the railroads that once pulsed through its heart, a vital artery that brought settlers and commerce to this prairie crossroads. For generations, the local economy has been anchored in agriculture, with corn and soybeans dominating the fertile fields that surround the town, a testament to the region's rich soil. This agrarian backbone still defines much of life here, though the steady hum of grain elevators and the occasional presence of agricultural equipment dealers speak to a continuing, if evolving, connection to the land. While no grand monuments rise above the modest skyline, the simple, sturdy architecture of the downtown buildings, many of them dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whispers of the town's pioneering spirit and its quiet resilience. The distinctiveness of Eagle Grove lies in this unassuming strength, a place where the vastness of the prairie is met with a grounded, unpretentious spirit.
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| Location | Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.664138°N, 93.90439°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50533 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Eagle Grove, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eagle Grove, 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 Eagle Grove includes coordinates 42.664138°N, 93.904390°W, situated in Wright County. ZIP code 50533. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
