Little Cedar, Iowa Weather
Little Cedar, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Little Cedar, Mitchell County.
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About Little Cedar, Iowa
Little Cedar rests in a landscape of broad, generous horizons, where the land itself seems to hold its breath under the immense Iowa sky. It lies 23.4 miles south-south-east of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 148°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-north-east of Osage. Rolling fields, a patchwork of emerald and gold depending on the season, stretch out towards a distant, hazy line of trees that marks the intermittent course of the Cedar River. The air here carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening corn, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, casting long, painterly shadows across the terrain. The few scattered farmsteads, their silos like stoic sentinels, punctuate the vastness with a quiet resilience, their presence a testament to the enduring connection between people and this fertile ground. The story of Little Cedar is one written in the furrows of its fields and the quiet hum of its agricultural heart. For generations, this land has sustained families through the cultivation of corn and soybeans, a steady rhythm of planting and harvest that forms the bedrock of the local economy. While the larger world has rushed forward, Little Cedar has maintained a deliberate pace, its history deeply entwined with the early settlers who saw the potential in this prairie soil. The modest church steeples, rising above the fields, are not just places of worship but also markers of a shared past, a quiet continuity that resonates in the very character of Little Cedar.
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| Location | Little Cedar, Mitchell County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.380248°N, 92.725744°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50454 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Little Cedar, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Cedar, 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 Little Cedar includes coordinates 43.380248°N, 92.725744°W, situated in Mitchell County. ZIP code 50454. 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.
