Grafton, Iowa Weather
Grafton, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Grafton, Worth County.
Full aviation weather for Grafton is published on the Mason City Municipal Airport (KMCW) page, 28 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 Grafton 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 Grafton: Lake Mills Municipal Airport (K0Y6) 37 km · Austin Municipal Airport (KAUM) 39 km · Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL) 46 km · Forest City Municipal Airport (KFXY) 46 km · Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (KCCY) 47 km
Conditions reported at KMCW describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grafton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Grafton.
About Grafton, Iowa
Grafton unfolds across a landscape shaped by glacial history, where the land rises and falls in gentle swells, once a sea of tallgrass prairie now a patchwork quilt of cultivated fields. It lies 13.9 miles north-north-east of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 28°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-north-east of Manly. The air here carries a clean, crisp scent, especially after a summer rain, hinting at the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations. Farmsteads, some weathered to a soft grey, others freshly painted in bold blues and reds, punctuate the horizon, their silos reaching like stoic sentinels towards the vast, ever-changing Iowa sky. The broad, open fields seem to breathe with the wind, and in the quiet of late afternoon, the golden light slants across the corn rows, lending an almost sacred stillness to the scene. Grafton’s story is one of resilience and adaptation, deeply rooted in the agricultural bounty of Worth County. Its early settlers, drawn by the fertile land, established a community that has largely revolved around the cycles of planting and harvest, with grain elevators standing as prominent landmarks of its enduring connection to the land. While the larger industries have ebbed and flowed, the heart of Grafton’s economy has always beaten to the rhythm of the farm, fostering a spirit of self-reliance and neighborly interdependence. The quiet hum of machinery during harvest season is a familiar sound, a testament to the ongoing work that defines this place, and the local diner, with its worn Formica countertops and perpetually brewing coffee, serves as a quiet nexus for the town’s daily life and conversations.
Live animated radar for Grafton 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 | Grafton, Worth County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.329964°N, 93.069368°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50440 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grafton, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grafton, 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 Grafton includes coordinates 43.329964°N, 93.069368°W, situated in Worth County. ZIP code 50440. 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.
