Lake City, Iowa Weather
Lake City, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake City, Calhoun County.
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About Lake City, Iowa
Lake City lies cradled by the gentle swell of Iowa's western prairie, a place where the sky feels vast and the land stretches out in a tapestry of cultivated fields. It lies 59.3 miles west-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 286°T), and is situated 15.5 miles north-north-east of Carroll. The horizon here is a clean line, broken only by the occasional cluster of sturdy oak trees or the distant silhouette of a grain silo, catching the sunlight like a polished beacon. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and the faint sweetness of ripening corn, a fragrance that seems to seep into everything. Even the paved roads, leading in and out of Lake City, feel less like arteries of commerce and more like pathways through a quiet, verdant expanse. The history of Lake City is etched into the very rhythm of its agricultural heart, a legacy of hardy settlers who coaxed sustenance from this rich, dark soil. For generations, the economy has been intrinsically tied to the bounty of the surrounding farmland, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the cycles of planting and harvest. While the precise origins of its name are lost to the mists of time, the presence of a significant waterway, Willow Creek, undoubtedly played a vital role in its development, offering a source of life and a means of connection. Today, Lake City continues to embody the enduring spirit of rural Iowa, a place where community bonds are forged through shared seasons and a quiet pride in the land's enduring fertility.
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| Location | Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.267483°N, 94.73387°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51449 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake City, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake City, 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 Lake City includes coordinates 42.267483°N, 94.733870°W, situated in Calhoun County. ZIP code 51449. Telephone area code: 563. 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.
