Roland, Iowa Weather
Roland, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Roland, Story County.
Full aviation weather for Roland is published on the Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) page, 22 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 Roland 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 Roland: Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) 31 km · Iowa Falls Municipal Airport (KIFA) 39 km · Webster City Municipal Airport (KEBS) 43 km · Marshalltown Municipal Airport (KMIW) 48 km · Ankeny Regional Airport (KIKV) 53 km
Conditions reported at KAMW describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Roland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Roland.
About Roland, Iowa
Roland unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling prairie, where the rich, dark earth stretches to a horizon often painted with the soft, diffused light of the Midwest. It lies 10.9 miles north-north-east of Ames, IA (from Ames, IA: bearing 34°T), and is situated 5.0 miles east-south-east of Story City. Fields of corn and soybeans, their green hues deepening in the summer sun, create a quilted expanse interrupted by the occasional cluster of stately oak trees or the silver glint of a distant farm pond. The air here carries a clean, dry scent, especially after a rain, and on clear evenings, the sky above Roland becomes an immense, star-dusted dome, a stark and beautiful canvas against which the slow passage of clouds is a constant, quiet drama. This is a place built on the bedrock of agriculture, its history intertwined with the cycles of planting and harvest that have defined life in this part of Iowa for generations. The local economy, while diversifying, still finds its heart in the fertile soil, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the railway lines that once brought settlers and now carry the fruits of the land. Roland retains a sense of its past in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its older buildings and in the enduring neighborly spirit that characterizes its residents, a quiet resilience born from shared seasons and the dependable rhythm of rural life.
Live animated radar for Roland 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 | Roland, Story County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.166375°N, 93.501879°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50236 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roland, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roland, 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 Roland includes coordinates 42.166375°N, 93.501879°W, situated in Story County. ZIP code 50236. 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.
