Fredonia, Iowa Weather
Fredonia, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fredonia, Louisa County.
Full aviation weather for Fredonia is published on the Muscatine Municipal Airport (KMUT) page, 18 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. 6 airfields within reach of Fredonia 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 Fredonia: Washington Municipal Airport (KAWG) 28 km · Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) 40 km · Iowa City Municipal Airport (KIOW) 43 km · Mercer County Airport (KC00) 50 km · Mathews Memorial Airport (K8C4) 55 km
Conditions reported at KMUT describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fredonia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fredonia.
About Fredonia, Iowa
Fredonia settles into the rolling terrain of Louisa County, a quiet arrangement of fields and farmsteads where the sky feels vast and the wind carries the scent of turned earth and ripening grain. It lies 27.8 miles south-south-east of Iowa City, IA (from Iowa City, IA: bearing 159°T), and is situated 1.2 miles east-north-east of Columbus Junction. The land here is a gentle, undulating canvas, painted in the muted greens and ochres of agriculture, crisscrossed by narrow county roads that seem to lead to horizons perpetually beckoning. Sunlight, when it breaks through the broad Iowa sky, spills across the cultivated slopes with a liquid gold, catching the dust motes dancing in the still air and lending a soft luminescence to the weathered barns and silos that punctuate the landscape. The air itself often carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of distant mown hay and the damp, fertile smell rising from the fields after a spring rain, a constant reminder of the land's enduring generosity. The history of Fredonia is inextricably linked to the agricultural bounty of this region, a story of pioneers who saw the potential in the rich prairie soil and the meandering waterways that nourished it. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground, established farms that have been passed down through generations, forming the backbone of Fredonia's quiet economy. While the grand pronouncements of industry might be absent, the steady hum of tractors in the distance and the orderly rows of corn and soybeans speak of a persistent, vital enterprise. The few businesses that serve Fredonia are woven into its daily life, providing necessities and a place for neighbors to connect, their presence a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this rural community.
Live animated radar for Fredonia 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 | Fredonia, Louisa County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.284748°N, 91.338766°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52738 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fredonia, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fredonia, 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 Fredonia includes coordinates 41.284748°N, 91.338766°W, situated in Louisa County. ZIP code 52738. 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. 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.
