Mason City, Iowa Weather
Mason City, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mason City, Cerro Gordo County.
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About Mason City, Iowa
Mason City rises from the broad, fertile plains of northern Iowa, a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately close. It lies 37.2 miles south-south-west of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 198°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east of Clear Lake. The land here is a rich, dark loam, the kind that yields generously to the plow, and the sky above is a canvas of ever-shifting light, from the sharp, clear blue of a summer noon to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of an approaching storm. Gentle swells in the terrain create a subtle undulation, not dramatic enough to obscure the distant farms, but sufficient to give a sense of depth and perspective to the landscape. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean, earthy scent of cultivated fields, a fragrance that speaks of enduring cycles of growth and harvest. The story of Mason City is deeply entwined with the agricultural heartland it inhabits, its founding and growth fueled by the bounty of the surrounding land. Historically, this region has been a breadbasket, and the economy of Mason City has long been tied to the processing and distribution of its agricultural wealth, a legacy that still subtly shapes the town's character. It’s a place where a quiet industriousness, a steady hand at the helm, has guided its development, rather than grand pronouncements or dramatic shifts. While not a place of dramatic natural wonders, Mason City possesses its own understated beauty, found in the way the setting sun casts long, golden shadows across the fields, or in the enduring strength of its community, a resilience born from generations of working the land and building a life upon it.
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| Location | Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.153573°N, 93.201037°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50401, 50402 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mason City, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mason City, 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 Mason City includes coordinates 43.153573°N, 93.201037°W, situated in Cerro Gordo County. ZIP code 50401, 50402. 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. 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.
