Garden City, Iowa Weather
Garden City, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Garden City, Hardin County.
Full aviation weather for Garden City is published on the Iowa Falls Municipal Airport (KIFA) page, 27 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 Garden City 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 Garden City: Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) 34 km · Marshalltown Municipal Airport (KMIW) 42 km · Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) 43 km · Webster City Municipal Airport (KEBS) 44 km · Hampton Municipal Airport (KHPT) 55 km
Conditions reported at KIFA describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garden City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garden City.
About Garden City, Iowa
Garden City lies under a vast Iowa sky, a place where the land itself seems to hum with the quiet industry of growth. It lies 18.6 miles north-east of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 38°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-east of Roland. Rolling fields, a patchwork quilt of emerald and gold in the summer sun, stretch to horizons that promise endless days. The air, crisp and clean, carries the faint scent of damp earth and ripening corn, a constant reminder of the agricultural heartbeat that pulses through this landscape. Here, the gentle slopes of the land cradle farmsteads, their silos standing like silent sentinels against the wide-open blue. Evenings bring a particular magic, as the setting sun bleeds across the western sky in hues of apricot and rose, painting the clouds with a fleeting, breathtaking beauty. The history of Garden City is as deeply rooted as the prairie grasses that once dominated its terrain. Founded by hardy settlers drawn to the fertile soil, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the earth. Generations have worked these fields, their labor shaping the very character of Garden City, fostering a spirit of resilience and self-reliance. While agriculture remains its enduring legacy, the subtle shifts in the local landscape hint at a broader narrative, a quiet evolution that continues to unfold. The rhythm of life in Garden City is one of steady purpose, a testament to the enduring strength found in community and the land that sustains it.
Live animated radar for Garden City 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 | Garden City, Hardin County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.245541°N, 93.395486°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50102 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garden City, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garden City, 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 Garden City includes coordinates 42.245541°N, 93.395486°W, situated in Hardin County. ZIP code 50102. Telephone area code: 515. 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.
