Rhodes, Iowa Weather
Rhodes, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rhodes, Marshall County.
Full aviation weather for Rhodes is published on the Marshalltown Municipal Airport (KMIW) page, 30 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 Rhodes 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 Rhodes: Newton Municipal Airport (KTNU) 31 km · Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) 37 km · Ankeny Regional Airport (KIKV) 41 km · Grinnell Regional Airport (KGGI) 44 km · Toledo Municipal Airport (K8C5) 53 km
Conditions reported at KMIW describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rhodes specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rhodes.
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.
Live animated radar for Rhodes 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
