Gillett Grove, Iowa Weather
Gillett Grove, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gillett Grove, Clay County.
Full aviation weather for Gillett Grove is published on the Spencer Municipal Airport (KSPW) page, 21 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 Gillett 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 Gillett Grove: Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (KEGQ) 29 km · Spirit Lake Municipal Airport (K0F3) 42 km · Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) 44 km · Storm Lake Municipal Airport (KSLB) 49 km · Estherville Municipal Airport (KEST) 50 km
Conditions reported at KSPW describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gillett Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gillett Grove.
About Gillett Grove, Iowa
Gillett Grove lies under a sky that often stretches vast and unblemished, a place where the land breathes with the quiet persistence of agriculture. It lies 77.8 miles east-north-east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 62°T), and is situated 10.2 miles south-south-east of Spencer. Rolling fields of corn and soybeans, their green hues shifting with the sun's passage, define the immediate landscape, broken only by the deeper greens of scattered woodlands that hint at the wilder country beyond. The air here carries the scent of turned earth after a spring rain, a clean, elemental aroma that mingles with the faint, sweet perfume of ripening grain in late summer. Old farmhouses, their paint weathered to soft grays and faded whites, stand as stoic witnesses to generations of work, their porches often wide enough to catch the evening breeze that whispers across the prairie. The history of Gillett Grove is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the fertile soil that has sustained them. This is a place where the economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with corn and soybeans forming the backbone of local commerce, their golden kernels a promise of prosperity. The quiet hum of combines in the autumn is the soundtrack to a community that understands the cyclical nature of life and labor. Though no single grand attraction draws throngs, the distinctive character of Gillett Grove is found in its unhurried pace, the friendly nods exchanged between neighbors at the general store, and the shared understanding of what it means to call this particular stretch of Iowa home.
Live animated radar for Gillett 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 | Gillett Grove, Clay County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.015804°N, 95.03749°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51341 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gillett Grove, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gillett 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 Gillett Grove includes coordinates 43.015804°N, 95.037490°W, situated in Clay County. ZIP code 51341. Telephone area code: 563. 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.
