Riceville, Iowa Weather
Riceville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riceville, Howard County.
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About Riceville, Iowa
Riceville, Iowa, unfolds across a landscape where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet contentment, a gentle rolling terrain characteristic of the northeastern Iowa topography. It lies 29.7 miles south-east of Austin, MN (from Austin, MN: bearing 135°T), and is situated 14.0 miles east-north-east of Osage. Broad fields of corn and soybeans, stitched together by emerald hedgerows and the occasional cluster of stately oak trees, dominate the horizon, their verdant expanse broken only by the silver thread of the Wapsipinicon River. This waterway, a patient sculptor of the land, meanders lazily through the countryside, its banks softened by willow and cottonwood, offering a cool, shaded respite from the wide Iowa sky. The air here carries the clean scent of turned earth and growing things, a fragrance that deepens in the late afternoon sun, painting the fields in hues of gold and amber. Even the houses, often painted in practical, muted colors, seem to absorb the ambient light, their windows reflecting the vast, ever-changing heavens. The story of Riceville is one deeply rooted in the fertile soil and the ingenuity of its settlers. Originally established as a farming community, its economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the land, with agriculture remaining the bedrock of its prosperity. This enduring connection to the earth has fostered a culture of resilience and quiet pride, a shared understanding forged in the cycles of planting and harvest. While modernization has brought its conveniences, the essential spirit of Riceville, a place built on hard work and community, persists. You can still sense the echoes of its past in the sturdy architecture of its older buildings and in the unhurried rhythm of daily life, where neighborly waves and shared conversations are as common as the rustling of cornstalks in the breeze.
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| Location | Riceville, Howard County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.363857°N, 92.554069°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50466 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riceville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riceville, 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 Riceville includes coordinates 43.363857°N, 92.554069°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 50466. 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.
