Numa, Iowa Weather
Numa, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Numa, Appanoose County.
Full aviation weather for Numa is published on the Centerville Municipal Airport (KTVK) page, 6 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 Numa 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 Numa: Unionville Municipal Airport (K43) 17 km · Corydon Airport (K0E9) 24 km · Albia Municipal Airport (K4C8) 39 km · Bloomfield Municipal Airport (K4K6) 47 km · Chariton Municipal Airport (KCNC) 49 km
Conditions reported at KTVK describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Numa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Numa.
About Numa, Iowa
Numa rests in a fold of Appanoose County, where the land begins its gentle, rolling descent toward the southern Iowa plains. It lies 37.5 miles south-west of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 232°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west-south-west of Centerville. Here, the sky feels vast, an ever-present canvas painted with the slow drift of clouds and the sharp clarity of a winter sun, or the bruised purples of an approaching thunderstorm. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their orderly rows a testament to the persistent work of the soil, broken only by the darker green punctuation of scattered woodlands that cling to the contours of the land. A quiet hum of insect life often fills the air in the summer, a subtle chorus beneath the sigh of the wind through the tall grasses that edge the country roads. The history of Numa is tied to the earth it sits upon, a past shaped by the cyclical nature of agriculture and the quiet persistence of its inhabitants. For generations, the economy here has been rooted in the fertile ground, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life. While no grand monuments mark its existence, the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes speak of a lineage of hard work and self-reliance. The occasional rumble of a distant tractor or the glint of sunlight off a silo are the familiar sounds and sights that define Numa, a place where the present is still very much informed by the enduring spirit of the land.
Live animated radar for Numa 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Numa, Appanoose County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.688068°N, 92.97798°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52544 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Numa, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Numa, 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 Numa includes coordinates 40.688068°N, 92.977980°W, situated in Appanoose County. ZIP code 52544. 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.
