Kingston, Iowa Weather
Kingston, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kingston, Decatur County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kingston.
About Kingston, Iowa
Kingston unfurls across a rolling Iowa landscape, where gentle swells of farmland meet the hushed grandeur of mature oak and hickory stands. It lies 53.1 miles south of West Des Moines, IA (from West Des Moines, IA: bearing 187°T), and is situated 6.9 miles north-west of Leon. The air here, particularly in the long, lingering evenings of summer, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and distant hayfields, a clean, dry perfume that settles over the scattered farmsteads and the quiet heart of Kingston itself. The land breathes with a patient, agricultural rhythm, its broad fields a patchwork of greens and golds under a sky that can stretch from an infinite, cloud-streaked blue to the bruised purples of an approaching storm. The very contours of the terrain whisper of the ancient glaciers that once scoured this region, leaving behind the fertile soils that now define the character of this place. The history of Kingston is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Decatur County, its founding and growth a testament to the enduring spirit of those who tilled this land. For generations, the local economy has been shaped by the harvest, by the steady hum of tractors in spring planting and the satisfying crunch of combines in autumn. While the days of widespread horse-drawn plows are long past, the connection to the soil remains palpable, a quiet pride in the ability to coax sustenance from the earth. The few, well-worn buildings that constitute the center of Kingston serve as anchors, their weathered facades holding the stories of families who have weathered economic shifts and celebrated generations of hard work, their collective memory a subtle, unwritten narrative of resilience.
Live animated radar for Kingston and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Kingston, Decatur County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.814166°N, 93.835223°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50144, 52637 |
| Area Code | 515, 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kingston, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingston, 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 Kingston includes coordinates 40.814166°N, 93.835223°W, situated in Decatur County. ZIP code 50144, 52637. Telephone area code: 515, 712. 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.
