Gowrie, Iowa Weather
Gowrie, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gowrie, Webster County.
Full aviation weather for Gowrie is published on the Rockwell City Municipal Airport (K2Y4) page, 29 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 Gowrie 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 Gowrie: Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) 30 km · Fort Dodge Regional Airport (KFOD) 31 km · Webster City Municipal Airport (KEBS) 39 km · Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) 45 km · Arthur N Neu Airport (KCIN) 49 km
Conditions reported at K2Y4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gowrie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gowrie.
About Gowrie, Iowa
Gowrie unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling plains, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch to horizons that seem to embrace the very sky. It lies 38.3 miles west-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 297°T), and is situated 16.2 miles south-south-west of Fort Dodge. The earth here is a rich, dark loam, yielding and fertile, a testament to the ceaseless work of sun and rain. In the quiet afternoons, the air itself seems to hold a certain stillness, broken only by the distant rumble of farm machinery or the call of a hawk circling overhead. The houses, often painted in shades of white or muted pastels, stand with a quiet dignity, their porches catching the slanted light of late day, casting long, contented shadows. The very character of Gowrie is etched into this open expanse, a place where the land dictates the pace and the seasons paint the living canvas. The history of Gowrie is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heartland it inhabits, its founding a narrative of settlers drawn to the promise of fertile soil and open opportunity. For generations, the local economy has been anchored by the bounty of the land, with farming remaining a cornerstone of its identity and livelihood. Even as the world outside has shifted and spun, Gowrie has maintained a steady rhythm, its small businesses and community spirit a quiet defiance against the homogenizing currents of modern life. There's a distinct sense of continuity here, a feeling that the stories of those who first tilled this earth are still whispered on the prairie wind, a subtle undercurrent of remembrance in the everyday hum of activity.
Live animated radar for Gowrie 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 | Gowrie, Webster County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.280532°N, 94.290799°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50543 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gowrie, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gowrie, 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 Gowrie includes coordinates 42.280532°N, 94.290799°W, situated in Webster County. ZIP code 50543. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
