Rockwell City, Iowa Weather
Rockwell City, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockwell City, Calhoun County.
Full aviation weather for Rockwell City is published on the Rockwell City Municipal Airport (K2Y4) page, 2 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 Rockwell City 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 Rockwell City: Sac City Municipal Airport (KSKI) 28 km · Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) 39 km · Fort Dodge Regional Airport (KFOD) 40 km · Arthur N Neu Airport (KCIN) 41 km · Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) 49 km
Conditions reported at K2Y4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockwell City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockwell City.
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.
Live animated radar for Rockwell City 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
