Larrabee, Iowa Weather
Larrabee, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Larrabee, Cherokee County.
Full aviation weather for Larrabee is published on the Cherokee County Regional Airport (KCKP) page, 14 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 Larrabee 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 Larrabee: Storm Lake Municipal Airport (KSLB) 38 km · Spencer Municipal Airport (KSPW) 44 km · Sheldon Regional Airport (KSHL) 45 km · Sioux County Regional Airport (KSXK) 52 km · Le Mars Municipal Airport (KLRJ) 54 km
Conditions reported at KCKP describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Larrabee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Larrabee.
About Larrabee, Iowa
Larrabee rests on the broad, fertile plains of northwest Iowa, a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of agriculture. It lies 50.1 miles east-north-east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 60°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north of Cherokee. The land here rolls with a gentle sweep, a vast canvas of cultivated fields that stretch to horizons broken only by the distant, dark line of a tree windbreak or the occasional low-slung barn. In the summer, the air hums with the drone of insects and the distant rumble of tractors, carrying the sweet, earthy scent of drying corn and freshly turned soil. The sky, a boundless blue dome, often presses down with a palpable weight, especially in the late afternoon when the sun, beginning its descent, casts long, skeletal shadows across the furrows, turning the stubble fields to burnished gold. The story of Larrabee is intrinsically tied to the rich soil that has sustained it for generations, an economy built on the back of the land's bounty. This has always been a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons, by the planting and the harvest, a tradition passed down from the earliest settlers who saw the potential in this fertile prairie. While the days in Larrabee move at a deliberate, unhurried pace, there's a quiet hum of activity that belies its small size, a network of neighbors and businesses that form the sinew of the community. The grain elevators, towering sentinels against the prairie sky, stand as silent witnesses to the ceaseless flow of agricultural commerce, a constant reminder of what this place is, and what it has always been.
Live animated radar for Larrabee 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 | Larrabee, Cherokee County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.860814°N, 95.545285°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51029 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Larrabee, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Larrabee, 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 Larrabee includes coordinates 42.860814°N, 95.545285°W, situated in Cherokee County. ZIP code 51029. 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. 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.
