Gibson, Iowa Weather
Gibson, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gibson, Keokuk County.
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About Gibson, Iowa
Gibson rests in a gentle embrace of Iowa's rolling farmland, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky feels impossibly vast. It lies 31.9 miles north of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 2°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-north-west of What Cheer. The landscape here is a quilt of cultivated fields, broken by the occasional dark green of tree lines that hint at hidden creeks or farmsteads. In the late afternoon, the sun, a molten disc, casts long shadows that stretch like weary travelers across the stubbled cornfields, imbuing the air with a quiet, golden luminescence. The wind, when it stirs, carries the faint, earthy perfume of turned soil and the distant hum of machinery, a constant, unobtrusive soundtrack to the agricultural life that defines this place. The history of Gibson is deeply rooted in the fertile soil that has sustained generations of farmers and their families. It emerged from the pioneer spirit that settled these prairies, a place where the economy has always been tied to the bounty of the land, primarily through corn and soybean cultivation. Though small, Gibson has a quiet character, a testament to the enduring resilience of rural Iowa. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, and by the simple, honest interactions that occur at the local grain elevator or the general store, where news travels with the same unhurried pace as the clouds drifting across the boundless sky.
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| Location | Gibson, Keokuk County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.481117°N, 92.393518°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50104 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gibson, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gibson, 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 Gibson includes coordinates 41.481117°N, 92.393518°W, situated in Keokuk County. ZIP code 50104. 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. 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.
