Ridgeway, Iowa Weather
Ridgeway, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ridgeway, Winneshiek County.
Full aviation weather for Ridgeway is published on the Ellen Church Field (KCJJ) page, 14 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 Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway: Decorah Municipal Airport (KDEH) 20 km · George L Scott Municipal Airport (K3Y2) 38 km · Fillmore County Airport (KFKA) 45 km · Houston County Airport (KCHU) 51 km · Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (KCCY) 56 km
Conditions reported at KCJJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ridgeway specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ridgeway.
About Ridgeway, Iowa
Ridgeway rests in a fold of the Iowa landscape, where rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation, give way to the broader sweep of the horizon. It lies 51.1 miles south-west of La Crosse, WI (from La Crosse, WI: bearing 227°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-east of Cresco. The land here is a deep, rich loam, a testament to the ancient glaciers that carved these valleys and left behind a fertile canvas. In the soft light of late afternoon, the fields shimmer with a verdant intensity, the greens of corn and soybeans stretching in ordered rows, punctuated by the darker, more ancient hues of oak and maple clinging to the slopes. A quiet stillness often settles over Ridgeway, broken only by the distant rumble of a tractor or the high, clear call of a hawk circling lazily overhead. The history of Ridgeway is etched in the very bones of the land, a story of Scandinavian immigrants who found their way to this place in the mid-19th century, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the echo of their homeland’s fjords in the undulating terrain. They brought with them a deep connection to the earth, an agricultural heritage that continues to define the local economy, with family farms still the beating heart of this rural community. While the pace of life is measured, there's a palpable sense of continuity, a quiet pride in the generations who have worked this land. The air itself seems to carry the scent of freshly turned earth and the subtle sweetness of ripening crops, a constant reminder of the enduring agricultural soul of Ridgeway.
Live animated radar for Ridgeway 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 | Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.297747°N, 91.987663°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52165 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ridgeway, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ridgeway, 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 Ridgeway includes coordinates 43.297747°N, 91.987663°W, situated in Winneshiek County. ZIP code 52165. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
