Hamilton, Iowa Weather
Hamilton, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hamilton, Marion County.
Full aviation weather for Hamilton is published on the Albia Municipal Airport (K4C8) page, 22 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton: Knoxville Municipal Airport (KOXV) 23 km · Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) 26 km · Oskaloosa Municipal Airport (KOOA) 35 km · Ottumwa Regional Airport (KOTM) 39 km · Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) 42 km
Conditions reported at K4C8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hamilton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hamilton.
About Hamilton, Iowa
Hamilton sits in a cradle of gently rolling earth, the land here a broad, fertile expanse where the sky feels impossibly vast and the light at dusk spills across the fields in hues of bruised plum and pale gold. It lies 27.6 miles west-north-west of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 292°T), and is situated 16.1 miles west-south-west of Oskaloosa. The terrain, sculpted by ancient glaciers and the patient work of rivers, offers a quiet beauty, a patchwork of cultivated fields and scattered stands of oak and maple that wear their autumn colors with a stoic grace. The air, when the wind stirs, carries the clean scent of turned soil and the distant hum of agricultural machinery, a sound that has long defined the rhythm of life in this corner of Iowa. This place, Hamilton, has always been tied to the earth that surrounds it, its economy rooted in the rich, dark soil that yields bountiful harvests of corn and soybeans, a legacy stretching back to the homesteaders who first broke the prairie sod. The history here is not etched in grand monuments but whispered in the faded paint of old barns and the enduring strength of community ties, a testament to resilience and hard work. While industry has ebbed and flowed, the heart of Hamilton beats with the steady pulse of agriculture, a dependable force that has sustained its people through generations, fostering a character of quiet self-reliance and a deep respect for the land that provides.
Live animated radar for Hamilton 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Hamilton, Marion County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.16917°N, 92.903255°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50116 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hamilton, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hamilton, 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 Hamilton includes coordinates 41.169170°N, 92.903255°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 50116. 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.
