Rippey, Iowa Weather
Rippey, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rippey, Greene County.
Full aviation weather for Rippey is published on the Perry Municipal Airport (KPRO) page, 12 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 Rippey 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 Rippey: Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) 14 km · Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) 32 km · Guthrie County Regional Airport (KGCT) 34 km · Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) 48 km · Arthur N Neu Airport (KCIN) 50 km
Conditions reported at KPRO describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rippey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rippey.
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.
Live animated radar for Rippey 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
