Le Grand, Iowa Weather
Le Grand, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Le Grand, Marshall County.
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About Le Grand, Iowa
Le Grand, Iowa, lies under a sky that often stretches like a boundless canvas, the land around it a testament to the patient hand of agriculture. It lies 7.4 miles east-south-east of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 113°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north of Gilman. Rolling fields of corn and soybeans, their stalks rustling in the prairie wind, give way to the gentle slopes and valleys that define this corner of Marshall County. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of sun-baked earth and the distant scent of ripening grain. The houses, mostly modest and weathered, are punctuated by the stoic grain elevators, their metal skins catching the sun’s oblique rays, casting long, patient shadows across the landscape. This is a place where the horizon feels impossibly far, and the silence is broken only by the hum of tractors or the occasional call of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Le Grand is inextricably tied to the fertile soil that surrounds it, a legacy of farming families who settled this land with an abiding respect for its bounty. The town’s economy has long been sustained by the rich black earth, the primary industry being the cultivation and storage of grain, a cycle that dictates the rhythm of life here. While no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions define Le Grand, its character is found in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring agricultural spirit. The local general store, a holdover from a different era, still serves as a quiet hub, its shelves stocked with necessities and its counters a place for hushed conversations about the weather and the crops. The very essence of Le Grand is this deep connection to the land, a simple, honest existence played out under the vast, ever-changing Iowa sky.
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| Location | Le Grand, Marshall County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.006934°N, 92.775476°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50142, 50158 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Le Grand, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Le Grand, 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 Le Grand includes coordinates 42.006934°N, 92.775476°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 50142, 50158. Telephone area code: 515. 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.
