Rowley, Iowa Weather
Rowley, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rowley, Buchanan County.
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About Rowley, Iowa
Rowley is a place where the land itself seems to sigh with contentment, a gentle expanse of rolling farmland stretching under a wide Iowa sky. It lies 26.4 miles north-north-west of Marion, IA (from Marion, IA: bearing 332°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-south-east of Independence. The terrain here is a study in subtlety, with the land rising and falling in soft, sweeping curves that guide the eye toward distant horizons. Fields of corn and soybeans, vibrant green in the summer sun, give way to the deeper hues of wooded ravines, where the air grows cooler and carries the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. The very air feels clean and open, a palpable breath of the prairie that surrounds and defines Rowley. In the quiet of the evening, the setting sun paints the western sky in strokes of apricot and rose, casting long, contented shadows that deepen the contours of the fields. The history of Rowley is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of the agricultural spirit that has shaped this corner of Buchanan County. Generations have worked this soil, coaxing life from the rich black earth, their labor forming the bedrock of the local economy. It's a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the demands of the land, a steady, reliable rhythm that has sustained families for decades. While modern conveniences have arrived, the character of Rowley remains rooted in its agrarian heritage, a quiet testament to the enduring strength of rural life, where the harvest is a communal celebration and the silence of the fields is broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a passing bird.
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| Location | Rowley, Buchanan County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.369989°N, 91.844062°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52329 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rowley, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rowley, 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 Rowley includes coordinates 42.369989°N, 91.844062°W, situated in Buchanan County. ZIP code 52329. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
