Jacksonville, Iowa Weather
Jacksonville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jacksonville, Shelby County.
Full aviation weather for Jacksonville is published on the Harlan Municipal Airport (KHNR) page, 17 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. 4 airfields within reach of Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville: Atlantic Municipal Airport (KAIO) 28 km · Denison Municipal Airport (KDNS) 42 km · Woodbine Municipal Airport (K3Y4) 45 km
Conditions reported at KHNR describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jacksonville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jacksonville.
About Jacksonville, Iowa
Jacksonville lies low in the rolling heartland, a place where the sky stretches wide and the land is given over to the patient cultivation of the earth. It lies 45.3 miles north-east of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 54°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east of Harlan. Here, the fields of corn and soybeans unfurl in vast, green carpets, broken only by the occasional stand of oak and maple that lines the shallow draws. The air itself seems to carry the scent of turned soil and the distant hum of tractors, a constant reminder of the work that shapes this landscape. Even the light has a certain quality here, a diffused gold that settles over the fields in the late afternoon, softening the sharp edges of the world and lending a quiet dignity to the weathered barns and silos that punctuate the horizon. The story of Jacksonville is written in the same soil that feeds its present. Founded in the mid-19th century, it grew from a crossroads settlement, a place for farmers to trade and gather. The railroad that once passed through was the artery of its early prosperity, bringing grain to distant markets and supplies back to the homesteads. Though the trains no longer rumble through, the spirit of that industrious past lingers, evident in the enduring strength of local businesses that serve the surrounding agricultural community. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions in Jacksonville; its distinctiveness lies in its quiet persistence, the way life unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the steady rhythm of rural existence.
Live animated radar for Jacksonville 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 | Jacksonville, Shelby County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.645266°N, 95.149994°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52154, 51537 |
| Area Code | 641 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jacksonville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville includes coordinates 41.645266°N, 95.149994°W, situated in Shelby County. ZIP code 52154, 51537. Telephone area code: 641. 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.
