Lowell, Iowa Weather
Lowell, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lowell, Henry County.
Full aviation weather for Lowell is published on the Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) page, 14 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 Lowell 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 Lowell: Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 21 km · Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) 27 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 42 km · Keosauqua Municipal Airport (K6K9) 45 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 51 km
Conditions reported at KMPZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lowell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lowell.
About Lowell, Iowa
Lowell, Iowa, rests in a landscape of soft, rolling hills, a gentle topography sculpted by millennia of wind and water. It lies 52.5 miles east-south-east of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 104°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south-south-west of New London. The land here breathes a quiet expanse, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch toward horizons that seem to hold the very essence of an open sky, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the sun's slow progress. Creeks, modest but persistent, carve shallow veins through the earth, their banks often fringed with a resilient tangle of sumac and wild grasses. In the late afternoon, the air often carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil, a fragrance that clings to the light and settles over the fields like a fine dust. This particular stretch of Henry County, where Lowell makes its quiet home, has long been tied to the fertile soil, an agricultural heartland where generations have coaxed sustenance from the earth. The economy of Lowell has always been rooted in the land, its prosperity a reflection of the harvest, the steady pulse of planting and reaping. While the grand pronouncements of history may have passed this place by, a deeper narrative is etched into the weathered barns and the stoic faces of its residents, a story of endurance and quiet pride. The community itself possesses a certain unvarnished character, a straightforwardness that is as much a part of the place as the rich loam underfoot.
Live animated radar for Lowell 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.
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| Location | Lowell, Henry County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.833368°N, 91.436544°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52645 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lowell, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lowell, 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 Lowell includes coordinates 40.833368°N, 91.436544°W, situated in Henry County. ZIP code 52645. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
