Guernsey, Iowa Weather
Guernsey, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Guernsey, Poweshiek County.
Full aviation weather for Guernsey is published on the Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (KTZT) page, 26 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 Guernsey 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 Guernsey: Grinnell Regional Airport (KGGI) 33 km · Toledo Municipal Airport (K8C5) 42 km · Amana Airport (KC11) 43 km · Oskaloosa Municipal Airport (KOOA) 49 km · Newton Municipal Airport (KTNU) 56 km
Conditions reported at KTZT describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Guernsey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Guernsey.
About Guernsey, Iowa
Guernsey, Iowa, lies across a landscape of rolling farmland, where the earth, a rich, dark loam, stretches toward horizons broken only by the occasional silo or the distant, hazy silhouette of trees. It lies 40.2 miles south-east of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 133°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-east of Brooklyn. The fields, in their season, shift from the tender green of new growth to the burnished gold of ripening grain, each vista an expanse of sky and soil that seems to breathe with a slow, steady pulse. Here, the air carries the scent of earth turned and rain yet to fall, a clean, elemental perfume that clings to the senses. The light, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a certain gentleness, softening the sharp edges of barns and fences, painting the windrows in strokes of honey and amber. This corner of Poweshiek County, though seemingly tranquil, holds whispers of a more industrial past, a time when the land yielded not just crops but coal. The legacy of mining still subtly informs the character of Guernsey, an echo of grit and labor beneath the agrarian calm. The local economy, now firmly rooted in the cultivation of corn and soybeans, thrives under the vast, open sky, a testament to the enduring resilience of those who have worked this ground. While grand monuments are few, the simple, sturdy architecture of farmsteads and the quiet dignity of the community itself speak of a history built on hard work and a deep connection to the land, a quiet continuation of the life that has always flowed through Guernsey.
Live animated radar for Guernsey 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 | Guernsey, Poweshiek County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.648613°N, 92.342684°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52221 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Guernsey, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Guernsey, 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 Guernsey includes coordinates 41.648613°N, 92.342684°W, situated in Poweshiek County. ZIP code 52221. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
