Kirkville, Iowa Weather
Kirkville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kirkville, Wapello County.
Full aviation weather for Kirkville is published on the Ottumwa Regional Airport (KOTM) page, 6 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 Kirkville 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 Kirkville: Oskaloosa Municipal Airport (KOOA) 9 km · Albia Municipal Airport (K4C8) 28 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFFL) 45 km · Bloomfield Municipal Airport (K4K6) 46 km · Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) 46 km
Conditions reported at KOTM describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kirkville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kirkville.
About Kirkville, Iowa
Kirkville rests in a broad, shallow valley, where the land gently rolls away from the quiet hum of the highway. It lies 9.9 miles north-north-west of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 331°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of Eddyville. The fields, a patchwork quilt of corn and soybeans under the immense Iowa sky, stretch out to meet a horizon that feels both distant and intimately close. Here, the air carries the scent of turned earth and the faint, sweet perfume of drying stalks, especially potent in the late afternoon sun. The houses, mostly modest and well-kept, seem to hunker down against the wide prairie winds, their porches offering a brief respite from the elements, a place to watch the clouds drift by like slow ships on an ocean of blue. The history of Kirkville is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its people and the fertile soil that has sustained them for generations. This was a place built on the promise of agriculture, where the rhythms of planting and harvest dictated the pulse of life. While farming remains a bedrock of the local economy, the echoes of earlier industries, perhaps a long-vanished grain elevator or a small, forgotten workshop, are whispered on the breeze. The sense of community here is palpable, a quiet understanding forged in shared experiences, where neighbors lend a hand without being asked, and the evening light paints the landscape in hues of amber and rose, a familiar and comforting sight.
Live animated radar for Kirkville 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 | Kirkville, Wapello County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.145567°N, 92.504077°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52566 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kirkville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kirkville, 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 Kirkville includes coordinates 41.145567°N, 92.504077°W, situated in Wapello County. ZIP code 52566. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
