Sheldon, Iowa Weather
Sheldon, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sheldon, O'Brien County.
Full aviation weather for Sheldon is published on the Sheldon Regional Airport (KSHL) page, 4 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 Sheldon 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 Sheldon: Sibley Municipal Airport (KISB) 22 km · Sioux County Regional Airport (KSXK) 33 km · Rock Rapids Municipal Airport (KRRQ) 40 km · Le Mars Municipal Airport (KLRJ) 53 km · Spencer Municipal Airport (KSPW) 53 km
Conditions reported at KSHL describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sheldon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sheldon.
About Sheldon, Iowa
Sheldon sits as a quiet sentinel on the broad, cultivated plains of northwestern Iowa, where the sky seems to stretch into forever, a vast canvas of shifting blues and grays. It lies 49.5 miles east-south-east of Sioux Falls, SD (from Sioux Falls, SD: bearing 121°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-north-east of Hospers. The land here is a gentle, fertile expanse, shaped by ancient glaciers into rolling swells that guide the eye toward distant horizons. Fields of corn and soybeans, a rich tapestry of greens and golds in the summer sun, march in ordered rows, their straight lines a testament to human endeavor against the natural sweep of the prairie. Even the air carries a certain stillness, broken only by the rustle of wind through the stalks or the distant hum of a tractor, a low thrum that speaks of the earth’s enduring bounty. The life of Sheldon is deeply rooted in the fertile soil that surrounds it, a heritage born of hardy pioneers who carved a living from this land. Its economy, like that of many communities in O'Brien County, is fundamentally agricultural, with grain elevators standing like silent sentinels against the skyline, marking the centers of trade and transport. Yet, Sheldon also possesses a quiet industriousness, a blend of farming heritage and burgeoning manufacturing that has allowed it to endure and adapt. The town’s character is that of a place that understands the value of hard work and community, where neighbors know each other's names and the pace of life, though steady, allows for the simple pleasures, like watching the light bleed gold across the western sky at the close of a long, productive day.
Live animated radar for Sheldon 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 | Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.181089°N, 95.856128°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 51201 |
| Area Code | 563 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sheldon, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sheldon, 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 Sheldon includes coordinates 43.181089°N, 95.856128°W, situated in O'Brien County. ZIP code 51201. Telephone area code: 563. 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.
