Ottosen, Iowa Weather
Ottosen, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ottosen, Humboldt County.
Full aviation weather for Ottosen is published on the Humboldt Municipal Airport (K0K7) page, 21 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 Ottosen 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 Ottosen: Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA) 22 km · Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) 28 km · Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (KEGQ) 35 km · Fort Dodge Regional Airport (KFOD) 41 km · Eagle Grove Municipal Airport (KEAG) 43 km
Conditions reported at K0K7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ottosen specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ottosen.
About Ottosen, Iowa
Ottosen rests in a wide, open expanse, a place where the horizon feels almost touchable. It lies 62.2 miles west-south-west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 254°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-east of West Bend. The land here is a canvas of cultivated fields, stretching out like rumpled blankets under a sky that seems to hold its breath, especially in the late afternoon when the light turns buttery and long shadows begin to stretch from the scattered farmsteads. Rolling hills, softened by the years and the plow, give way to a terrain that is generous and fertile, the very air carrying the clean scent of turned earth and distant hay. The quietude of Ottosen is not an emptiness, but a fullness of space, punctuated by the occasional lowing of cattle or the distant drone of a tractor, sounds that speak of a land worked and tended with a steady hand. The story of Ottosen is tied to the prairie's bounty, a history etched not in stone but in the rich soil that has sustained generations. This is a landscape shaped by agriculture, where corn and soybeans are the dominant hues of the seasons, their stalks rustling in the summer breeze like whispers of prosperity. The local economy, like many in this part of Iowa, is deeply rooted in the land, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily life. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring presence of sturdy farmhouses and the well-maintained lines of county roads serve as quiet testaments to the resilience and hard work of the people who have called Ottosen home, their lives interwoven with the predictable cycles of the earth.
Live animated radar for Ottosen 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 | Ottosen, Humboldt County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.89497°N, 94.37997°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50570 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ottosen, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ottosen, 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 Ottosen includes coordinates 42.894970°N, 94.379970°W, situated in Humboldt County. ZIP code 50570. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
