Marquette, Iowa Weather
Marquette, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Marquette, Clayton County.
Full aviation weather for Marquette is published on the Prairie Du Chien Municipal Airport (KPDC) page, 5 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 Marquette 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 Marquette: Monona Municipal Airport (K7C3) 14 km · Cassville Municipal Airport (KC74) 42 km · Boscobel Airport (KOVS) 43 km · Lancaster Municipal Airport (K73C) 50 km · George L Scott Municipal Airport (K3Y2) 50 km
Conditions reported at KPDC describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Marquette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Marquette.
About Marquette, Iowa
Marquette, Iowa, unfolds with a gentle grace where the rolling hills of Clayton County begin their descent toward the mighty Mississippi River. It lies 26.3 miles west-north-west of Grant, WI (from Grant, WI: bearing 286°T), and is situated 1.9 miles west-south-west of Prairie du Chien. The landscape here is a study in subtle contrasts: fertile bottomlands, smoothed by centuries of alluvial deposits, give way to steeper bluffs that rise with a quiet dignity, their wooded slopes often swathed in the soft, diffused light of the Midwest sky. In the warmer months, the air itself seems to carry the scent of ripening corn and the distant, cool promise of the river, a constant presence that shapes the very breath of Marquette. The houses, often modest but well-kept, seem to settle comfortably into the terrain, their porches and windows oriented towards the sun's arc and the expansive horizons. The history of Marquette is inextricably linked to the river that defines its eastern edge, a waterway that once carried steamboats and aspirations of westward expansion. This locale was a vital point for trade and transport, a place where goods and people paused on their journeys. The local economy, while diversified, still feels the echoes of its agricultural roots, with fields of soybeans and corn stretching across the fertile plains, and the river itself offering opportunities for fishing and recreation. A distinctive character emerges from this blend of natural bounty and historical ebb and flow; a sense of quiet resilience pervades Marquette, a community that understands the power of the land and the river to sustain and shape life.
Live animated radar for Marquette 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 | Marquette, Clayton County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.044428°N, 91.178186°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52158, 52157 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Marquette, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Marquette, 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 Marquette includes coordinates 43.044428°N, 91.178186°W, situated in Clayton County. ZIP code 52158, 52157. 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.
