Prescott, Iowa Weather
Prescott, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Prescott, Adams County.
Full aviation weather for Prescott is published on the Corning Municipal Airport (KCRZ) page, 12 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 Prescott 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 Prescott: Creston Municipal Airport (KCSQ) 21 km · Greenfield Municipal Airport (KGFZ) 37 km · Schenck Field (KICL) 48 km · Red Oak Municipal Airport (KRDK) 54 km · Atlantic Municipal Airport (KAIO) 56 km
Conditions reported at KCRZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prescott specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prescott.
About Prescott, Iowa
Prescott lies in a gentle cradle of Iowa farmland, where the horizon stretches in an unbroken expanse of cultivated earth, a patchwork quilt of corn and soybeans under a sky that feels impossibly vast. It lies 55.5 miles south-west of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 223°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-north-east of Corning. The land here rolls with a quiet dignity, not dramatic peaks but subtle swells that catch the light in shifting patterns as the day progresses, and the air carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and distant rain. The character of Prescott is one of quiet endurance, a place where life unfolds at a measured pace, punctuated by the distant rumble of farm machinery and the occasional murmur of conversation drifting from open windows. The history of Prescott is etched in the very lines of the landscape, a testament to the resilience of those who first tilled this prairie soil. It grew from a crossroads, a place where farmers brought their goods and travelers paused on their journeys, and its economy has always been deeply tethered to the bounty of the surrounding fields, a cycle of planting and harvest that dictates the rhythm of life. While no grand monuments mark its past, the simple, enduring structures of the town, the grain elevator standing sentinel against the sky, and the well-worn paths that connect homes speak volumes of generations who have called this place home, a quiet continuity in the heart of Adams County.
Live animated radar for Prescott 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 | Prescott, Adams County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.023043°N, 94.61358°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50859 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prescott, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prescott, 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 Prescott includes coordinates 41.023043°N, 94.613580°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 50859. 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.
