Farnhamville, Iowa Weather
Farnhamville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Farnhamville, Calhoun County.
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About Farnhamville, Iowa
Farnhamville rests in a broad, shallow basin where the land gently slopes toward the fertile bottoms of the Boyer River. It lies 43.5 miles west-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west of Gowrie. The horizon here is a generous sweep of sky, often painted in the bruised purples and soft golds of an Iowa sunset, each day’s end a quiet masterpiece over the orderly squares of corn and soybeans that define the immediate landscape. The air, especially in late summer, carries the sweet, dusty perfume of harvested grain and the faint, earthy scent of damp soil. Farmhouses, often with their weathered red barns standing sentinel, are scattered across the fields, their white paint bleached by decades of sun and wind, each a small, enduring outpost against the vast, open prairie. The roads, mostly gravel or packed earth, ribbon through the cultivated expanse, leading to the modest cluster of buildings that form the heart of Farnhamville. The history of Farnhamville is inextricably linked to the rich agricultural heritage of Calhoun County, its origins as a farming community evident in the very layout of the land and the enduring spirit of its residents. The local economy, still anchored by the bounty of the surrounding fields, sees the grain elevators rise like silos of promise, their steel structures catching the light as trucks rumble in and out, carrying the fruits of the season. While no grand monuments mark its past, the stories are etched in the weathered wood of the general store, a place where the rhythm of daily life still ebbs and flows, and in the quiet conversations at the local café, where the talk often turns to the weather and the crops. Farnhamville is a place where the land itself tells the story, a quiet testament to generations who have worked its soil and found their livelihood beneath its expansive sky.
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| Location | Farnhamville, Calhoun County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.27609°N, 94.403859°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50538 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Farnhamville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Farnhamville, 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 Farnhamville includes coordinates 42.276090°N, 94.403859°W, situated in Calhoun County. ZIP code 50538. 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.
