Glidden, Iowa Weather
Glidden, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Glidden, Carroll County.
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About Glidden, Iowa
Glidden sits upon the broad, yielding belly of Iowa, where the horizon stretches like a taut canvas, unbroken save for the slow, deliberate march of corn stalks under a sky that seems to hold an infinite blue. It lies 53.2 miles north-west of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 306°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east of Carroll. The land here is a patient sculptor, its gentle contours smoothed by millennia of wind and water, shaping fields that roll with a quiet dignity towards the distant, hazy edges of the world. Sunlight, when it descends, spills across the cultivated plains with a liquid gold, imbuing the very air with a subtle, earthy perfume of turned soil and ripening grain. The wind, a constant companion, whispers through the roadside grasses, carrying with it the faint, sweet scent of clover and the promise of distant rain. This heartland artery of Glidden, like so many others across Carroll County, was born of the prairie's vastness and the farmer's stubborn will. Its history is etched not in stone monuments, but in the deep furrows of its fertile soil, a testament to generations who coaxed sustenance from the earth. The local economy, a steadfast sentinel, remains tethered to the bounty of agriculture, where soybeans and corn stand as silent, golden kings. The grain elevators, monoliths of industry, pierce the flat expanse, their silos a stark reminder of the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest that defines the rhythm of life in Glidden. The very character of this place is one of quiet perseverance, a steady unfolding of days marked by the changing seasons and the unwavering dedication to the land that sustains it.
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| Location | Glidden, Carroll County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.05693°N, 94.72887°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51443 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Glidden, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glidden, 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 Glidden includes coordinates 42.056930°N, 94.728870°W, situated in Carroll County. ZIP code 51443. 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. 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.
