Jefferson, Iowa Weather
Jefferson, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jefferson, Greene County.
Full aviation weather for Jefferson is published on the Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) page, 3 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson: Perry Municipal Airport (KPRO) 28 km · Arthur N Neu Airport (KCIN) 34 km · Guthrie County Regional Airport (KGCT) 37 km · Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) 44 km · Rockwell City Municipal Airport (K2Y4) 46 km
Conditions reported at KEFW describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jefferson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jefferson.
About Jefferson, Iowa
Jefferson lies spread out under a vast Iowa sky, its buildings a scattering of low-slung forms against the broad, cultivated plains. It lies 37.7 miles north-west of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 318°T), and is situated 7.1 miles west of Grand Junction. The land here rolls with a farmer's patience, a subtle undulation that guides the eye toward horizons often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a prairie sunset. Streets are laid out with a town planner's logic, but the true character of Jefferson is in the way the wind whispers through the cornfields that press in from all sides, carrying the faint, sweet scent of loam and growing things. The air, especially in the late afternoon, holds a certain clarity, a crispness that speaks of the changing seasons, and the quiet hum of cicadas can fill the long summer evenings with a sound that is as constant as the turning of the earth. This place was built on the back of agriculture, its economy still tethered to the bounty of the surrounding farmland, with corn and soybeans standing as the silent, stoic kings. The railroad once ran through here, a vital artery bringing goods and people, its ghost still felt in the layout of some streets and the occasional rusting track bed disappearing into the tall grass. Jefferson’s history is etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered wood of barns and the quiet dignity of its main street, where businesses have weathered decades of change. The local library, a sturdy brick building, stands as a quiet sentinel of shared knowledge, and the town square, with its bandstand, still hosts summer concerts where families gather, a tradition that bridges the generations.
Live animated radar for Jefferson 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 | Jefferson, Greene County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.015261°N, 94.377468°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50129 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jefferson, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jefferson, 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 Jefferson includes coordinates 42.015261°N, 94.377468°W, situated in Greene County. ZIP code 50129. 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.
