Salem, Iowa Weather
Salem, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Salem, Henry County.
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport (KMPZ) page, 14 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 Salem 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 Salem: Keosauqua Municipal Airport (K6K9) 31 km · Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 33 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFFL) 38 km · Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) 42 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 47 km
Conditions reported at KMPZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salem.
About Salem, Iowa
Salem rests in a landscape of gentle, rolling farmland, where the rich, dark soil yields its bounty under an expansive Iowa sky. It lies 42.9 miles east-south-east of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 105°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-south-west of Mount Pleasant. The terrain slopes softly, a verdant quilt stitched with fields of corn and soybeans that shimmer in the summer heat, their stalks rustling secrets on the breeze. Distant farmhouses, often dwarfed by the immensity of the fields, dot the horizon like scattered pebbles, their silos reaching skyward as if in quiet aspiration. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of tilled soil and the sweet, lingering scent of ripening grain, a fragrance that speaks of the land's enduring generosity. The history of Salem is a quiet narrative, one that unfolds with the patient growth of the agricultural communities that have long defined its character. Founded by those seeking a simpler, more grounded existence, its economy has always been intrinsically tied to the fertile earth that surrounds it, a continuous cycle of planting and harvest. While larger cities hum with a frantic energy, Salem moves to a different cadence, one dictated by the seasons and the steady work of its people. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions here, but rather a deep, ingrained sense of place, a quiet pride in the enduring legacy of honest labor and the simple beauty of a life lived in harmony with the land.
Live animated radar for Salem 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 | Salem, Henry County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.852808°N, 91.620161°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52649 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 40.852808°N, 91.620161°W, situated in Henry County. ZIP code 52649. 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. 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.
