Frytown, Iowa Weather
Frytown, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Frytown, Johnson County.
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About Frytown, Iowa
Frytown rests in a broad, gentle valley, where the land slopes with an easy grace towards the slow-moving Iowa River. It lies 12.2 miles west-south-west of Iowa City, IA (from Iowa City, IA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-north-west of Kalona. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of greens and golds, stitched together by the straight lines of fence posts and the occasional cluster of stately oak trees. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, languid shadows across the cultivated earth, and the air hangs thick with the scent of ripening corn and the distant hum of tractors, a quiet symphony of rural industry. The sky overhead is immense, a vast canvas that shifts from the pale blue of midday to the bruised purples and oranges of twilight, a constant, silent spectacle. This corner of Johnson County carries the quiet dignity of its agricultural past, a legacy carved into the very character of Frytown. For generations, the rich soil has been the lifeblood of the settlement, yielding bountiful harvests that have sustained families and shaped the local economy. While the river offered a pathway for commerce in earlier times, today the rhythm of Frytown is dictated by the seasons and the steady work of farming. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist traps here; instead, the distinctive charm of Frytown lies in its understated resilience, the enduring spirit of a place built on hard work and the simple beauty of its prairie landscape.
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| Location | Frytown, Johnson County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.570015°N, 91.732393°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52247 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Frytown, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Frytown, 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 Frytown includes coordinates 41.570015°N, 91.732393°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 52247. 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.
