Elma, Iowa Weather
Elma, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elma, Howard County.
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About Elma, Iowa
Elma rests within a landscape of gentle swells and fertile plains, a place where the sky feels vast and the earth breathes deeply. It lies 39.1 miles east of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 80°T), and is situated 17.2 miles north-east of Charles City. The fields, stitched with the emerald of corn and the gold of ripening soybeans, roll towards horizons softened by the haze of summer evenings. Here, the air carries the clean scent of freshly tilled soil and the distant murmur of tractors, a comforting hum that settles over the clustered farmsteads and the quiet main street. The land itself, a rich, dark loam, promises abundance, and the very light seems to linger longer at dusk, painting the western sky in hues of rose and lavender before the stars begin their slow, silent procession. The story of Elma is etched into the agricultural heritage of Howard County, a testament to generations of farmers who have coaxed sustenance from this Iowa earth. The town’s economy, once driven by the cycles of planting and harvest, still finds its pulse in the surrounding farms, though the broader currents of commerce have brought diversification. Older buildings, their brick facades softened by time, whisper of a past when the railway whistle was a more frequent sound, connecting Elma to wider markets. Today, a quiet resilience defines the community, a steady dedication to the land and to the simple, enduring rhythms of rural life, where neighborly support is as vital as the rain itself.
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| Location | Elma, Howard County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.246636°N, 92.43601°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50628 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elma, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elma, 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 Elma includes coordinates 43.246636°N, 92.436010°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 50628. 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.
