Macedonia, Iowa Weather
Macedonia, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Macedonia, Pottawattamie County.
Full aviation weather for Macedonia is published on the Red Oak Municipal Airport (KRDK) page, 25 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 Macedonia 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 Macedonia: Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (KCBF) 29 km · Atlantic Municipal Airport (KAIO) 40 km · Eppley Airfield (KOMA) 41 km · Offutt Air Force Base (KOFF) 41 km · Harlan Municipal Airport (KHNR) 44 km
Conditions reported at KRDK describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Macedonia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Macedonia.
About Macedonia, Iowa
Macedonia rests in a broad, open country where the land rolls with a generosity that suggests long, slow seasons. It lies 23.1 miles east-south-east of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 102°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south of Oakland. The fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the time of year, stretch to a horizon that feels both distant and intimately close, the sky above a vast, ever-changing canvas. Here, the air itself seems to carry the scent of sun-warmed earth and the faint, sweet perfume of distant hayfields, a gentle exhalation that settles over the landscape. The houses, spread with a comfortable distance from one another, appear as small, sturdy anchors against the sweep of the prairie, their roofs catching the slant of the sun in the late afternoon. The very silence of this place is a kind of sound, punctuated by the rustle of corn stalks or the distant call of a hawk circling in the wide, blue expanse. The story of Macedonia is written in the careful cultivation of its fertile soil, a history tied to the enduring spirit of those who first broke the prairie sod. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, continues to draw its lifeblood from the very ground that surrounds it, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the bounty of the harvest. In years past, the railroad played a significant role, a thin steel ribbon that once connected this quiet corner to the wider world, its echoes still felt in the enduring grid of streets. While the bustling energy of larger cities remains a world away, Macedonia offers a different kind of richness, a groundedness found in the predictable turning of the earth and the quiet strength of a community that understands the enduring value of hard work and shared sustenance.
Live animated radar for Macedonia 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 | Macedonia, Pottawattamie County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.192772°N, 95.425555°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51549 |
| Area Code | 641 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Macedonia, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Macedonia, 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 Macedonia includes coordinates 41.192772°N, 95.425555°W, situated in Pottawattamie County. ZIP code 51549. Telephone area code: 641. 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.
