Neola, Iowa Weather
Neola, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Neola, Pottawattamie County.
Full aviation weather for Neola is published on the Council Bluffs Municipal Airport (KCBF) page, 24 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 Neola 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 Neola: Harlan Municipal Airport (KHNR) 28 km · Eppley Airfield (KOMA) 28 km · Woodbine Municipal Airport (K3Y4) 32 km · Offutt Air Force Base (KOFF) 44 km · Atlantic Municipal Airport (KAIO) 48 km
Conditions reported at KCBF describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Neola specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Neola, Iowa
Neola lies on the rolling plains, where the sky stretches vast and unbroken, a boundless canvas of shifting blues and grays. It lies 18.1 miles north-east of Council Bluffs, IA (from Council Bluffs, IA: bearing 44°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north-east of Underwood. The land itself is a testament to the patient work of glaciers and wind, a broad expanse of fertile soil that slopes gently towards unseen waterways. Here, the air often carries the clean scent of turned earth, especially after a rain, and the distant hum of agricultural machinery is a constant, low thrum beneath the chirping of meadowlarks. The horizon is a clean line, punctuated only by the occasional grain elevator or the distant silhouette of a lone farmhouse, its red roof a small beacon against the immensity of the prairie. The history of Neola is intimately tied to the rich agricultural heritage of this region, a place where generations have learned to read the seasons and coax sustenance from the soil. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of this fertile ground, laid the foundations for a community that has long relied on the bounty of its fields. The local economy, even today, breathes with the rhythm of planting and harvest, with corn and soybeans standing as silent, golden sentinels across the landscape. Though the railroad once played a more prominent role in its development, Neola retains a quiet character, a place where neighborly connections are as vital as the rainfall, and the simple act of greeting a passerby on Main Street still holds a genuine warmth.
Live animated radar for Neola 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 | Neola, Pottawattamie County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.448882°N, 95.615562°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51559 |
| Area Code | 641 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Neola, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Neola, 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 Neola includes coordinates 41.448882°N, 95.615562°W, situated in Pottawattamie County. ZIP code 51559. 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.
