Rockwell City, Iowa Weather
Rockwell City, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockwell City, Calhoun County.
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About Rockwell City, Iowa
Rockwell City unfolds across a land of broad horizons, where the horizon itself feels like a promise whispered by the prairie. It lies 57.6 miles west-north-west of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 296°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south of Twin Lakes. The landscape here is a study in gentle, rolling swells, a vast canvas painted in shades of fertile earth, broken only by the straight, determined lines of farm fields stretching towards the sky. In the long, luminous evenings of summer, the air itself seems to thicken with the scent of ripening corn and the distant hum of tractors, a sound that becomes the very pulse of the place. The sky above Rockwell City is immense, an ever-present, often dramatic backdrop to the quiet diligence of life unfolding below, from the deep, velvety blues of twilight to the fierce, sun-bleached clarity of midday. This corner of Iowa, shaped by the persistent plow and the resilient spirit of its people, holds within its soil the echoes of a farming heritage that has long been the bedrock of Rockwell City's economy. The land, rich and yielding, continues to support a vital agricultural output, a legacy that traces back to the early settlers who saw in these plains the potential for abundance. Life here moves with a steadiness that reflects the agricultural seasons, a rhythm punctuated by the grain elevators that stand like silent sentinels on the edge of town, their tall silhouettes a constant reminder of the bounty the earth provides. The town square, a classic Midwestern gathering place, often hosts community events, fostering a sense of shared history and a quiet pride in the enduring character of Rockwell City.
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| Location | Rockwell City, Calhoun County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.395258°N, 94.633867°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50579 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockwell City, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockwell City, 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 Rockwell City includes coordinates 42.395258°N, 94.633867°W, situated in Calhoun County. ZIP code 50579. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
