Moorhead, Iowa Weather
Moorhead, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Moorhead, Monona County.
Full aviation weather for Moorhead is published on the Woodbine Municipal Airport (K3Y4) page, 25 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. 3 airfields within reach of Moorhead 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 Moorhead: Denison Municipal Airport (KDNS) 40 km · Harlan Municipal Airport (KHNR) 57 km
Conditions reported at K3Y4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Moorhead specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Moorhead.
About Moorhead, Iowa
Moorhead rests where the land begins to roll gently westward, a quiet settlement etched into the broad, sweeping plains of western Iowa. It lies 45.6 miles north of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 1°T), and is situated 14.5 miles east-south-east of Onawa. Here, the sky seems to stretch infinitely, a vast canvas where clouds drift like slow ships and the sun paints the fields in hues of gold and amber as it dips towards the horizon. The terrain is a study in subtle contours, low hills rising and falling with a patient grace, interspersed with flat expanses that promise fertile soil and long, straight roads. A network of small creeks, barely more than trickles in drier seasons, snakes through the landscape, their banks often lined with the hardy cottonwoods and willows that thrive in this open country. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and distant, ripening corn, a testament to the agricultural heart that beats at Moorhead's core. The story of Moorhead is one of steady cultivation and quiet resilience, a narrative deeply intertwined with the agricultural cycles that define this part of Monona County. For generations, the rich loess soil has drawn families to this land, their livelihoods tied to the bounty of corn and soybeans that stretch to the furthest visible edges of the horizon. The local economy, though modest, is robust, fueled by the labor of farmers and the businesses that support their efforts, from equipment dealers to grain elevators. This is a place where history is not found in grand monuments, but in the weathered barns standing sentinel over fields, in the quiet dignity of the general store that has served generations, and in the collective memory of a community that has weathered its share of dust storms and economic shifts. The distinctive character of Moorhead lies in its unpretentious strength, its ability to find beauty in the vastness of the prairie and a deep satisfaction in the honest work of tending the land.
Live animated radar for Moorhead 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 | Moorhead, Monona County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.922488°N, 95.851398°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51558 |
| Area Code | 641 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Moorhead, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moorhead, 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 Moorhead includes coordinates 41.922488°N, 95.851398°W, situated in Monona County. ZIP code 51558. Telephone area code: 641. 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.
