Leland, Iowa Weather
Leland, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Leland, Winnebago County.
Full aviation weather for Leland is published on the Forest City Municipal Airport (KFXY) page, 11 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 Leland 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 Leland: Lake Mills Municipal Airport (K0Y6) 13 km · Mason City Municipal Airport (KMCW) 32 km · Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL) 44 km · Wells Municipal Airport (K68Y) 46 km · Blue Earth Municipal Airport (KSBU) 47 km
Conditions reported at KFXY describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Leland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Leland.
About Leland, Iowa
Leland exhales a quiet breath of prairie air, a place where the land rolls with a gentle, patient rhythm under a sky that seems to stretch on forever. It lies 25.3 miles west-north-west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 300°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north of Forest City. The fields, a patchwork of emerald and gold depending on the season, meet the horizon in a clean, unbroken line, broken only by the occasional cluster of sturdy farmhouses and the silvery glint of distant water. Even the trees, often sparse and wind-sculpted, seem to know their place, standing sentinel at the edges of cultivated expanses or lining the narrow roads that connect the scattered homesteads. There’s a clarity to the light here, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of apricot and rose, a silent, daily spectacle that washes over the landscape with an almost tangible warmth. The story of Leland is written in the fertile soil that has sustained generations of farmers, a legacy of hard work and connection to the land that forms the bedrock of its economy. This is a place where the harvest dictates the pulse of life, where the ingenuity of those who worked the earth is etched into the very character of the community. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling industry, Leland holds a distinct charm, a quiet dignity born from its agricultural roots and the enduring spirit of its people. The slow, steady hum of tractors, the distant lowing of cattle, these are the sounds that weave through the days, a constant reminder of the deep, enduring ties that bind Leland to the earth.
Live animated radar for Leland 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Leland, Winnebago County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.337178°N, 93.635216°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50453, 50436 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Leland, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leland, 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 Leland includes coordinates 43.337178°N, 93.635216°W, situated in Winnebago County. ZIP code 50453, 50436. 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. 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.
