Emerson, Iowa Weather
Emerson, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Emerson, Mills County.
Full aviation weather for Emerson is published on the Red Oak Municipal Airport (KRDK) page, 12 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. 5 airfields within reach of Emerson 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 Emerson: Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (KCBF) 40 km · Offutt Air Force Base (KOFF) 44 km · Eppley Airfield (KOMA) 52 km · Atlantic Municipal Airport (KAIO) 53 km
Conditions reported at KRDK describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Emerson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Emerson, Iowa
Emerson rests in a broad, open stretch of Iowa, where the land unfolds in gentle swells toward horizons that seem to stretch into infinity. It lies 26.8 miles east-south-east of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 108°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Red Oak. The sky here is a vast, ever-changing canvas, its blues deepening to indigo at dusk, streaked with the fiery hues of sunset that reflect a quiet, profound beauty. Fields of corn and soybeans, their stalks rustling like whispered secrets in the breeze, dominate the landscape, punctuated by the darker green of trees that cluster around farmsteads and line the occasional, winding creek. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a testament to the fertile soil and the ceaseless work of cultivation. The history of Emerson is tied to the rich agricultural heartland it inhabits, a place built on the back of the land's bounty and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, families have worked these fields, coaxing life from the earth to sustain themselves and contribute to the wider world. The local economy, rooted firmly in agriculture, thrives on the steady production of grains and livestock, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the predictable, yet always surprising, generosity of nature. While no grand monuments mark its existence, the quiet strength of Emerson lies in its enduring connection to the soil, a palpable sense of continuity that hums beneath the surface of everyday life.
Live animated radar for Emerson 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 | Emerson, Mills County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.017218°N, 95.402218°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51533 |
| Area Code | 641 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Emerson, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Emerson, 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 Emerson includes coordinates 41.017218°N, 95.402218°W, situated in Mills County. ZIP code 51533. Telephone area code: 641. 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.
