Plymouth, Iowa Weather
Plymouth, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Plymouth, Van Buren County.
Full aviation weather for Plymouth is published on the Keosauqua Municipal Airport (K6K9) page, 19 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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth: Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 26 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 34 km · Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 35 km · Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) 38 km · Memphis Memorial Airport (K03D) 47 km
Conditions reported at K6K9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plymouth specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plymouth.
About Plymouth, Iowa
Plymouth rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to breathe in slow, rolling swells, a quiet testament to the slow sculpting hand of water and wind. It lies 43.1 miles south-east of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 126°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west of Donnellson. The fields here, a patchwork of corn and soybeans in summer, turn to burnished gold and deep russet as autumn settles, the air carrying the dry scent of stubble and distant woodsmoke. The sky above Plymouth is vast, a canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the horizon with a fierce, fleeting beauty. Small creeks, often little more than a murmur in their grassy banks, trace sinuous paths through the gentle terrain, feeding into larger, unseen veins that nourish the fertile earth. The history of Plymouth is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet endurance of its agricultural roots and the sturdy, unpretentious character of its people. For generations, this land has been tilled, the local economy tied to the bounty of the soil, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life. You can still feel the echoes of earlier times in the weathered barns and the neatly kept farmhouses, each with its own story to tell. While grand universities or bustling industries are absent, there is a distinct richness here, a deep connection to the land that sustains Plymouth, fostering a sense of community built on shared labor and a quiet understanding of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Plymouth 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 | Plymouth, Van Buren County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.653367°N, 91.745165°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52626, 50464 |
| Area Code | 712, 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plymouth, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plymouth, 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 Plymouth includes coordinates 40.653367°N, 91.745165°W, situated in Van Buren County. ZIP code 52626, 50464. Telephone area code: 712, 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.
