Orange, Iowa Weather
Orange, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Orange, Black Hawk County.
Full aviation weather for Orange is published on the Waterloo Regional Airport (KALO) 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 Orange 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 Orange: Independence Municipal Airport (KIIB) 34 km · Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (KVTI) 36 km · Waverly Municipal Airport (KC25) 37 km · Oelwein Municipal Airport (KOLZ) 42 km · Toledo Municipal Airport (K8C5) 51 km
Conditions reported at KALO describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orange specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Orange.
About Orange, Iowa
Orange, Iowa, exhales a quiet, broad-shouldered presence against the vast, unfolding canvas of Black Hawk County. It lies 4.7 miles south of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 189°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-south-east of Cedar Falls. Here, the land, a deep, fertile loam, rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, as if the earth itself remembers the slow, deliberate push of glaciers. The sky above is a generous dome, often painted with the brushstrokes of passing clouds that cast fleeting shadows across fields of corn and soybeans, their stalks a rustling, whispering sea in the summer breeze. In the distance, the occasional cluster of farm buildings, weathered to a soft grey and brown, punctuate the horizon, anchors in this expanse of cultivated green and gold. The air, especially in the early mornings, carries the clean, earthy scent of dew-kissed soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops, a subtle fragrance that permeates the very character of Orange. The history of Orange is not so much written in grand monuments as it is etched into the practical, enduring spirit of its people and the land they cultivate. This is a place where the local economy has long been tied to the rich agricultural bounty of the prairie, where the sturdy rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of life. Generations have worked this soil, their labor transforming raw earth into sustenance, a quiet testament to resilience and foresight. While Orange may not boast towering cathedrals or bustling marketplaces, its distinctiveness lies in this deep-rooted connection to the land, a heritage that continues to shape its quiet, purposeful existence, a subtle echo of the pioneers who first settled these fertile plains.
Live animated radar for Orange 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 | Orange, Black Hawk County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.425821°N, 92.356575°W |
| Timezone | Central Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50701 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orange, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orange, 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 Orange includes coordinates 42.425821°N, 92.356575°W, situated in Black Hawk County. ZIP code 50701. Telephone area code: 319. Timezone: Central Time.
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.
