Numa, Iowa Weather
Numa, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Numa, Appanoose County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
