Garden Grove, Iowa Weather
Garden Grove, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Garden Grove, Decatur County.
Full aviation weather for Garden Grove is published on the Osceola Municipal Airport (KI75) page, 26 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 Garden Grove 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 Grove: Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) 30 km · Corydon Airport (K0E9) 32 km · Lamoni Municipal Airport (KLWD) 33 km · Unionville Municipal Airport (K43) 58 km
Conditions reported at KI75 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garden Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garden Grove.
About Garden Grove, Iowa
Garden Grove unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling hills, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the humid Iowa air. It lies 52.1 miles south of West Des Moines, IA (from West Des Moines, IA: bearing 174°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-east of Leon. The land, a rich, dark loam, whispers of seasons past and the persistent work of cultivation. Creeks, shallow and meandering, carve subtle paths through the terrain, their banks often fringed with tenacious sumac and the skeletal remains of autumn's goldenrod. The sky here feels vast, a canvas for the slow, deliberate drift of clouds, and in the evenings, the light can pool into a warm, honeyed glow that seems to linger, bathing the scattered farmsteads and the modest cluster of buildings that form Garden Grove itself in a peaceful luminescence. The history of Garden Grove is tied to the tenacious spirit of early settlers who carved their livelihoods from this fertile prairie soil. Originally established as a stop along a stagecoach route, its economy has long been anchored in agriculture, with generations of families tending the land and raising livestock. While the days of bustling stagecoaches are long gone, the rhythm of planting and harvest still dictates the pulse of Garden Grove, a quiet testament to its enduring connection to the earth. Local traditions often revolve around the bounty of the land, with community gatherings celebrating the harvest or the simple pleasures of a shared meal under the wide prairie sky. The quiet hum of tractors in the distance, the occasional bark of a dog, and the friendly waves exchanged between passing vehicles are the hallmarks of daily life in Garden Grove.
Live animated radar for Garden Grove 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 Grove, Decatur County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.827224°N, 93.607162°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50103 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garden Grove, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garden Grove, 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 Grove includes coordinates 40.827224°N, 93.607162°W, situated in Decatur County. ZIP code 50103. 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.
