Ogden, Iowa Weather
Ogden, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Ogden, Boone County.
Full aviation weather for Ogden is published on the Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) page, 15 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 Ogden 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 Ogden: Perry Municipal Airport (KPRO) 26 km · Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) 26 km · Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) 34 km · Webster City Municipal Airport (KEBS) 46 km · Guthrie County Regional Airport (KGCT) 52 km
Conditions reported at KBNW describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ogden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ogden, Iowa
Ogden rests in the wide, rolling embrace of Iowa's Boone County, a landscape defined by the patient work of glaciers and the relentless sun. It lies 20.9 miles west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 271°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of Boone. Here, the land breathes in vast, open fields of corn and soybeans, their verdant uniformity broken only by the darker, richer soil of freshly plowed earth, a testament to the season's turning. The sky, a boundless canvas, stretches from horizon to horizon, its moods shifting from the stark clarity of midday to the bruised purples and oranges of a prairie sunset, where the air itself seems to hold a quiet, golden dust. Scattered farmsteads and the occasional cluster of trees mark the gentle undulations of the terrain, giving way to the more concentrated presence of Ogden itself, a collection of buildings that seem to have grown organically from the rich, dark earth. The history of Ogden is etched in the very grain of its agricultural heritage, a story of pioneers who tamed this fertile ground and built a life from its bounty. The local economy, like that of so many Boone County communities, remains deeply tied to the land, with farming and its associated industries forming the bedrock of daily life. The quiet hum of machinery from distant fields and the occasional rumble of a grain truck are the prevailing sounds, a subtle soundtrack to a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of existence. While no single grand monument defines Ogden, its character is found in the enduring spirit of its residents and the simple, honest beauty of a landscape that has sustained generations, a place where the past is not so much remembered as it is still very much alive in the present.
Live animated radar for Ogden 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 | Ogden, Boone County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.039148°N, 94.027733°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50212 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ogden, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ogden, 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 Ogden includes coordinates 42.039148°N, 94.027733°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 50212. Telephone area code: 515. 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.
