Leon, Iowa Weather
Leon, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Leon, Decatur County.
Full aviation weather for Leon is published on the Lamoni Municipal Airport (KLWD) page, 18 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. 4 airfields within reach of Leon 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 Leon: Osceola Municipal Airport (KI75) 35 km · Corydon Airport (K0E9) 43 km · Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) 45 km
Conditions reported at KLWD describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Leon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Leon.
About Leon, Iowa
Leon unfolds across rolling terrain where the land itself seems to breathe a slow, steady rhythm, the cultivated fields of corn and soybeans stretching out like an emerald and gold quilt under the vast Iowa sky. It lies 57.9 miles south of West Des Moines, IA (from West Des Moines, IA: bearing 182°T), and is situated 12.7 miles north-east of Lamoni. Here, the air carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil, a perpetual reminder of the agricultural heart that beats at Leon's core. The streets, lined with sturdy, unpretentious buildings, possess a quiet dignity, reflecting a community that values practicality and enduring strength. In the late afternoon, sunlight, softened by a haze of summer dust, casts long, warm shadows that stretch across the sidewalks, lending a gentle, almost melancholic beauty to the everyday comings and goings. This place, Leon, was born of the fertile earth and the ambition of those who sought to harness its bounty, its history intertwined with the development of agriculture and the steady march of westward expansion. The local economy, though diverse, still leans heavily on the cultivation of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels on the horizon, testament to the prosperity drawn from the surrounding fields. While no grand monuments mark its past, a deeper history resides in the enduring spirit of its people, a lineage of farmers and tradespeople who have weathered economic shifts and celebrated harvests with equal measure. The quiet hum of daily life in Leon is punctuated by the occasional rumble of a tractor on a country road or the murmur of conversation drifting from the porch of the local diner, a gentle cadence that speaks of a life lived in close connection to the land and to each other.
Live animated radar for Leon 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 | Leon, Decatur County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.739724°N, 93.747722°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50144 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Leon, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leon, 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 Leon includes coordinates 40.739724°N, 93.747722°W, situated in Decatur County. ZIP code 50144. 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.
