Kelley, Iowa Weather
Kelley, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kelley, Story County.
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About Kelley, Iowa
Kelley rests on a high prairie, a place where the horizon is a constant, gentle curve against an immense sky. It lies 6.3 miles south-south-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north-west of Huxley. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields, their greens and golds stretching out to meet distant treelines, punctuated by the occasional cluster of farm buildings. Roads, straight as a farmer's furrow, trace paths across this expanse, leading the eye toward the subtle rise and fall of the terrain, the land breathing in slow, wide breaths. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long shadows that deepen the textures of the soil, making the world feel both vast and intimately detailed, a quiet testament to the patient work of generations. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the faint perfume of ripening corn and the distant hum of agricultural machinery. The story of Kelley is etched in the rich, dark earth that has sustained its people for over a century. Its origins are tied to the agrarian heartland of Iowa, a community built by those who understood the cycles of planting and harvest, who found their livelihood in the fertile soil. The local economy remains firmly rooted in agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the bounty produced. While the pace of life in Kelley is measured, it is not stagnant; it is a place where the past informs the present, where the traditions of hard work and neighborly support continue to shape the character of the place. There are no grand monuments here, but the landscape itself, sculpted by wind and weather and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, serves as a powerful, understated landmark.
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| Location | Kelley, Story County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.950542°N, 93.66522°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50134 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kelley, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kelley, Iowa, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Kelley includes coordinates 41.950542°N, 93.665220°W, situated in Story County. ZIP code 50134. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
