Popejoy, Iowa Weather
Popejoy, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Popejoy, Franklin County.
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About Popejoy, Iowa
Popejoy rests in a quiet corner of Franklin County, Iowa, where the land unfolds in broad, gentle swells under an expansive sky. It lies 39.9 miles north-north-east of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 14°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-north-west of Alden. The fields here, vast canvases of green and gold depending on the season, are stitched together by the thin, dark lines of hedgerows and the occasional stand of oaks that break the horizon like stoic sentinels. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy perfume of turned soil and distant hay, a scent that clings to the very fabric of the place. The roads, mostly gravel or well-worn asphalt, snake their way across this rolling prairie, leading to scattered farmsteads and the modest cluster of buildings that form Popejoy itself, a place where the horizon feels as much a part of life as the ground beneath one's feet. The history of Popejoy is written in the diligent cultivation of this fertile ground, a testament to generations of farmers who have coaxed sustenance from the rich Iowa soil. The local economy, deeply rooted in agriculture, thrives on the cyclical rhythm of planting and harvest, the hum of tractors a familiar soundtrack to the days. While there are no grand monuments or bustling industries to mark its passage, Popejoy possesses a distinct character, a quiet resilience forged in the open spaces and the shared labor of rural life. The grain elevators, silent giants against the blue, stand as enduring symbols of this enduring connection to the land, their silos holding the bounty that has sustained this corner of Iowa for so long.
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| Location | Popejoy, Franklin County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.593866°N, 93.426039°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50227 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Popejoy, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Popejoy, 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 Popejoy includes coordinates 42.593866°N, 93.426039°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 50227. 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. 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.
