Menlo, Iowa Weather
Menlo, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Menlo, Guthrie County.
Full aviation weather for Menlo is published on the Guthrie County Regional Airport (KGCT) page, 19 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 Menlo 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 Menlo: Greenfield Municipal Airport (KGFZ) 22 km · Perry Municipal Airport (KPRO) 40 km · Audubon County Airport (KADU) 48 km · Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) 55 km · Atlantic Municipal Airport (KAIO) 55 km
Conditions reported at KGCT describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Menlo specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Menlo.
About Menlo, Iowa
Menlo, Iowa, spreads across a landscape of generous, rolling farmland, where the earth leans into the sky and the horizon seems to stretch on forever. It lies 27.6 miles west-south-west of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 257°T), and is situated 4.6 miles west-north-west of Stuart. The fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, are the dominant feature, punctuated by sturdy farmhouses and weathered barns that stand like stoic sentinels against the vast, open sky. In the hush of late afternoon, the sun dips low, casting long shadows that stretch and distort the familiar contours of the land, and the air itself seems to carry a faint, earthy scent, a perfume of loam and growing things. The roads here are more suggestion than command, winding through the countryside, hinting at the quiet lives lived within the reach of these fertile acres. The history of Menlo is written in the grain elevators that still punctuate the skyline, echoes of a time when rail access was king and this small settlement served as a vital hub for the surrounding agricultural bounty. For generations, the economy has been intrinsically tied to the land, a testament to the enduring power of corn and soybeans that carpet the fields for miles around. While the pace of life might feel unhurried to an outsider, there's a deep-seated resilience here, a practicality born of working the soil and understanding the seasons. The few businesses that remain in Menlo are the anchors of a community that has weathered changes, offering a quiet continuity to the lives of its residents.
Live animated radar for Menlo 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 | Menlo, Guthrie County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.519154°N, 94.40441°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50164 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Menlo, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Menlo, 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 Menlo includes coordinates 41.519154°N, 94.404410°W, situated in Guthrie County. ZIP code 50164. 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.
