Mount Union, Iowa Weather
Mount Union, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mount Union, Henry County.
Full aviation weather for Mount Union is published on the Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) page, 16 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 Mount Union 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 Mount Union: Washington Municipal Airport (KAWG) 34 km · Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) 38 km · Muscatine Municipal Airport (KMUT) 40 km · Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 45 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFFL) 49 km
Conditions reported at KMPZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Union specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Union.
About Mount Union, Iowa
Mount Union rises from the sweeping Iowa landscape with a gentle prominence, its contours softened by generations of cultivation and the patient sweep of the wind. It lies 42.3 miles south of Iowa City, IA (from Iowa City, IA: bearing 170°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north of New London. The land here is a study in subtle transitions, rolling fields of corn and soybeans giving way to patches of oak and maple, their leaves catching the golden light of late afternoon. A quiet stillness often settles over Mount Union, a palpable sense of earth and sky in conversation, where the air itself seems to carry the scent of freshly turned soil and distant, blooming clover. The horizon stretches out, a vast, unbroken canvas under an immense sky, and the very ground beneath your feet feels deeply rooted, a testament to the enduring agricultural heart of this place. The story of Mount Union is one of quiet perseverance, a narrative woven from the threads of agrarian ambition and the simple dignity of rural life. Its economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the surrounding fertile earth, where generations have worked the land, their lives marked by the turning of seasons. While the specific industries may have shifted, the fundamental connection to agriculture remains a constant, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday existence in Mount Union. This enduring spirit, this deep-seated connection to the land, imbues the very air with a sense of history, a palpable echo of the pioneers who first carved a life out of this prairie expanse.
Live animated radar for Mount Union 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 | Mount Union, Henry County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.057808°N, 91.390433°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52644 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Union, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Union, 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 Mount Union includes coordinates 41.057808°N, 91.390433°W, situated in Henry County. ZIP code 52644. 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.
