Melrose, Iowa Weather
Melrose, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Melrose, Monroe County.
Full aviation weather for Melrose is published on the Albia Municipal Airport (K4C8) page, 24 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 Melrose 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 Melrose: Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) 26 km · Corydon Airport (K0E9) 29 km · Centerville Municipal Airport (KTVK) 35 km · Knoxville Municipal Airport (KOXV) 36 km · Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) 48 km
Conditions reported at K4C8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Melrose specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Melrose.
About Melrose, Iowa
Melrose lies cradled by rolling hills, the land a patchwork quilt of verdant fields and darker swathes of timber. It lies 33.5 miles west of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 265°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Russell. The sky here feels immense, a boundless canvas where clouds drift like lazy ships across an ocean of blue, their shadows a fleeting caress on the sun-warmed earth. Farms, weathered and sturdy, dot the landscape, their silos like sentinels against the horizon, guarding secrets whispered by the wind. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of freshly turned soil and the sweet perfume of distant clover, particularly potent in the humid warmth of late afternoon. The history of Melrose is a story etched in coal dust and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, the rich veins beneath this ground fueled industry, drawing families who carved out lives and livelihoods from the earth's dark bounty. Though the deep mines are largely silent now, the legacy remains, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, once dominated by the black gold, has shifted, now finding its strength in the fertile soil that surrounds Melrose. Corn and soybeans stretch towards the sun, the steady pulse of agriculture a new rhythm for the land. You can still see the skeletal remains of tipples and outbuildings, ghosts of a more boisterous past, standing as silent witnesses against the ever-present, open sky.
Live animated radar for Melrose 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 | Melrose, Monroe County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.976115°N, 93.05048°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52569 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Melrose, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Melrose, 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 Melrose includes coordinates 40.976115°N, 93.050480°W, situated in Monroe County. ZIP code 52569. 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.
