Lucas, Iowa Weather
Lucas, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lucas, Lucas County.
Full aviation weather for Lucas is published on the Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) page, 8 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 Lucas 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 Lucas: Osceola Municipal Airport (KI75) 20 km · Corydon Airport (K0E9) 36 km · Knoxville Municipal Airport (KOXV) 42 km · Lamoni Municipal Airport (KLWD) 58 km · Albia Municipal Airport (K4C8) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCNC describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lucas specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lucas.
About Lucas, Iowa
Lucas, Iowa, exhales a quiet breath across rolling fields and stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of the prairie heartland. It lies 40.1 miles south-south-east of West Des Moines, IA (from West Des Moines, IA: bearing 161°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west of Chariton. The sky above Lucas is a vast, unhurried canvas, often brushed with the soft golds and bruised purples of an Iowa sunset, painting long shadows across the undulating terrain where corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon in verdant waves. A network of county roads, etched into the land like old scars, connects scattered farmsteads to the modest cluster of buildings that form the core of Lucas, a place where the wind often carries the scent of freshly turned earth and the distant hum of farm machinery. The air here, especially on a cool autumn morning, holds a crispness that speaks of clear skies and open spaces, a bracing clarity found only where the land meets the boundless expanse of the heavens. The history of Lucas is deeply entwined with the earth beneath its feet, a story shaped by the bounty and the grit of the land. Founded in the late 19th century, its early economy was largely driven by agriculture, a tradition that continues to this day, with fields yielding their seasonal harvests under the watchful eye of generations of farming families. Yet, Lucas also holds a distinctive character, a legacy of its past as a center for coal mining, a history that has left an indelible mark on its cultural identity and the very landscape. Though the mines are long closed, the spirit of resilience and hard work forged in those subterranean depths still resonates in the close-knit community. This past is subtly acknowledged in the weathered barns and the stoic faces of its residents, a quiet strength that seems to have been absorbed from the very soil of Lucas.
Live animated radar for Lucas 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 | Lucas, Lucas County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.028332°N, 93.459935°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50151 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lucas, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lucas, 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 Lucas includes coordinates 41.028332°N, 93.459935°W, situated in Lucas County. ZIP code 50151. 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.
