Morning Sun, Iowa Weather
Morning Sun, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Morning Sun, Louisa County.
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About Morning Sun, Iowa
Morning Sun lies where the land rolls with the patient grace of the Iowa prairie, a place where the sky feels impossibly vast and the horizon stretches out like an unspooled ribbon of gold. It lies 41.5 miles south-south-east of Iowa City, IA (from Iowa City, IA: bearing 160°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-west of Mediapolis. Here, fields of corn and soybeans unfurl in broad, undulating canvases, their green and amber hues shifting with the wind's breath and the sun's slow arc across the heavens. The air itself carries the clean, earthy scent of cultivated soil, a perfume mingling with the distant hum of farm machinery and the occasional cry of a hawk circling high above. The roads that weave through this landscape are often little more than gravel paths, leading to homesteads that appear like scattered jewels against the verdant backdrop, each one a quiet sentinel of generations who have worked this generous earth. The history of Morning Sun is deeply entwined with the agricultural pulse of Louisa County, a legacy built on the fertile ground that has sustained its inhabitants for over a century. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich farmland, established a community that has remained steadfast in its connection to the land. The local economy continues to be anchored by agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent testaments to the bounty harvested each year, their towering structures visible for miles. While no grand monuments mark its past, the character of Morning Sun is evident in the steady diligence of its people and the enduring simplicity of life here, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of a place that understands the profound beauty of a sunrise over its fields.
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| Location | Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.096143°N, 91.257651°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52640 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Morning Sun, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Morning Sun, 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 Morning Sun includes coordinates 41.096143°N, 91.257651°W, situated in Louisa County. ZIP code 52640. 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. 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.
