Laurens, Iowa Weather
Laurens, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Laurens, Pocahontas County.
Full aviation weather for Laurens is published on the Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) page, 20 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 Laurens 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 Laurens: Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (KEGQ) 31 km · Storm Lake Municipal Airport (KSLB) 42 km · Spencer Municipal Airport (KSPW) 46 km · Humboldt Municipal Airport (K0K7) 51 km · Sac City Municipal Airport (KSKI) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPOH describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Laurens specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Laurens, Iowa
Laurens unfurls across a landscape of broad, generous horizons, where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, agricultural patience. It lies 82.2 miles east-north-east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 73°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-east of Albert City. Rolling fields, a patchwork of ripening corn and the deep green of soybeans, stretch to meet a sky that often feels impossibly vast, a canvas for clouds that drift like slow ships. In the distance, slender groves of trees offer a soft punctuation to the expanse, their leaves rustling with a sound that carries the whisper of wind across the prairie. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of turned soil and growing things. This is a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life, and the local economy is deeply rooted in the fertile earth that surrounds Laurens. Generations have worked this land, their efforts a quiet testament to the enduring strength of the agricultural spirit. The town itself, with its tidy streets and welcoming storefronts, retains a sense of grounded continuity, a place where the echoes of its founding settlers can still be felt in the sturdy architecture and the ingrained sense of community. While modern conveniences have arrived, the enduring character of Laurens remains, a quiet strength built on the bounty of the land and the resilience of its people.
Live animated radar for Laurens and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Laurens, Pocahontas County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.84664°N, 94.85193°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50554 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laurens, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laurens, 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 Laurens includes coordinates 42.846640°N, 94.851930°W, situated in Pocahontas County. ZIP code 50554. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
