Rippey, Iowa Weather
Rippey, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rippey, Greene County.
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About Rippey, Iowa
Rippey rests in a landscape of gentle swells, where the earth rolls out like a rumpled quilt under the vast Iowa sky. It lies 27.6 miles north-west of Waukee, IA (from Waukee, IA: bearing 324°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-west of Perry. The fields, a patchwork of emerald and gold depending on the season, stretch to horizons softened by the hazy blue of distant trees. Here, the air carries the clean scent of turned soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that seems to deepen with the setting sun. The roads, ribboning between these cultivated expanses, often lead the eye toward a sky so wide it feels like a presence, its light bleeding into the evenings with a quiet, painterly grace. The spirit of Rippey is woven from the steady hands of farmers who have coaxed sustenance from this rich prairie soil for generations. Its history is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring rhythms of planting and harvest, in the quiet hum of tractors that punctuate the stillness. The local economy, deeply tethered to agriculture, finds its pulse in the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline and the cooperative spirit that underpins the community. Rippey remembers its roots, a place where the echoes of earlier settlers mingle with the present, a testament to resilience and the simple, profound beauty of life lived close to the land.
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| Location | Rippey, Greene County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.933872°N, 94.20135°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50235 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rippey, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rippey, 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 Rippey includes coordinates 41.933872°N, 94.201350°W, situated in Greene County. ZIP code 50235. 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.
