Rhodes, Iowa Weather
Rhodes, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rhodes, Marshall County.
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About Rhodes, Iowa
Rhodes sits where the Iowa landscape gently rolls, a place defined by the rich, dark earth that yields its bounty with a farmer’s careful hand. It lies 16.7 miles west-south-west of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of State Center. The horizon here is a clean, sweeping line, often punctuated by the stately silhouettes of grain silos or the distant shimmer of heat rising from sun-baked fields. The air itself carries the scent of turned soil in spring, of ripening corn in late summer, and a crisp, clean coolness as autumn arrives. Evenings bring a particular quietude, a deepening of the sky’s blue into velvety indigo, as if the land exhales the day’s light. Small clusters of homes and buildings are scattered across this terrain, often clustered around the essential services that knit a rural life together. The history of Rhodes is intrinsically tied to the agricultural heart of Marshall County, a story written in the cultivation of corn and soybeans that have long been the lifeblood of this region. The land’s fertility, a gift from ancient glaciers and millennia of organic matter, shaped the early settlements and continues to define its economy. While larger urban centers are a drive away, Rhodes maintains a distinct character as a hub for the surrounding farms, a place where the rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of daily life. You might see a farmer’s truck, dust-covered from a long day in the fields, parked outside the local general store, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between the people and the soil that sustains them.
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| Location | Rhodes, Marshall County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.925544°N, 93.186314°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50234 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rhodes, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rhodes, 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 Rhodes includes coordinates 41.925544°N, 93.186314°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 50234. 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.
