Middletown, Iowa Weather
Middletown, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Middletown, Des Moines County.
Full aviation weather for Middletown is published on the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) page, 12 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 Middletown 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 Middletown: Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 20 km · Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) 25 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 43 km · Monmouth Municipal Airport (KC66) 54 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Middletown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Middletown.
About Middletown, Iowa
Middletown rests in a landscape shaped by broad, generous plains that roll gently towards the horizon. It lies 47.1 miles west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 260°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west of Burlington. The land here is a rich, dark loam, fertile and receptive, hinting at the agricultural bounty it has long sustained. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out in vast, green and gold tapestries, broken only by the occasional stand of trees or the silver thread of a creek. The sky overhead is an immense canvas, often painted with dramatic clouds that drift across the open expanse, casting fleeting shadows on the earth below. In the quiet mornings, a soft mist often clings to the lower ground, lending a hushed, ethereal quality to the waking world. The history of Middletown is deeply entwined with the agricultural spirit of southeastern Iowa. Its founding was driven by the promise of fertile soil and the ambition of those who sought to cultivate it. The local economy still largely revolves around farming, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels, testament to the continuous cycle of planting and harvest. While the pace of life in Middletown is measured, it is not stagnant; there's a quiet resilience in the community, a deep-rooted connection to the land and to each other that has endured through generations. The surrounding countryside, with its subtle undulations and the distant murmur of wind through the corn stalks, holds a certain quiet beauty, a promise of enduring sustenance.
Live animated radar for Middletown 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 | Middletown, Des Moines County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.828371°N, 91.259039°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52638 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Middletown, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Middletown, 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 Middletown includes coordinates 40.828371°N, 91.259039°W, situated in Des Moines County. ZIP code 52638. 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.
