Lowell, Iowa Weather
Lowell, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lowell, Henry County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
