Eddyville, Iowa Weather
Eddyville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Eddyville, Wapello County.
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About Eddyville, Iowa
Eddyville rests where the gentle rolling farmland of Wapello County begins to gather itself, the land rising and falling in soft waves under a vast Iowa sky. It lies 15.1 miles north-west of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 309°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south of Oskaloosa. Here, the earth is a rich, dark loam, fertile and giving, stretching out towards horizons broken by the occasional stoic oak or the distant, hazy silhouette of a silo. Creeks, like the Skunk River, meander through the landscape, their banks softened by wild grasses and the whisper of cottonwood leaves, their waters carrying the quiet murmur of the land itself. The air, especially in the hush of late afternoon, can carry the scent of freshly turned soil and the sweet, faint perfume of clover, a testament to the agrarian heart of this place. The story of Eddyville is one etched not in grand monuments, but in the steady, persistent labor of generations who have worked this soil and harnessed the power of its resources. Originally a stop for travelers along the Des Moines River, its character was shaped by the arrival of the railroad and the discovery of coal beneath the surface. For decades, the rhythm of Eddyville was dictated by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of coal carts, a vibrant, if sometimes gritty, economy that drew families to its embrace. While the deep mines are silent now, that history lingers, a subtle undertone to the present-day agricultural focus, where corn and soybeans still paint vast, ordered swathes across the countryside, their stalks rustling secrets in the prairie wind.
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| Location | Eddyville, Wapello County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.156497°N, 92.63739°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52553 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Eddyville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eddyville, 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 Eddyville includes coordinates 41.156497°N, 92.637390°W, situated in Wapello County. ZIP code 52553. 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.
