Slater, Iowa Weather
Slater, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Slater, Story County.
Full aviation weather for Slater is published on the Ames Municipal Airport (KAMW) 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 Slater 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 Slater: Ankeny Regional Airport (KIKV) 23 km · Boone Municipal Airport (KBNW) 24 km · Des Moines International Airport (KDSM) 38 km · Perry Municipal Airport (KPRO) 40 km · Jefferson Municipal Airport (KEFW) 57 km
Conditions reported at KAMW describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Slater specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Slater.
About Slater, Iowa
Slater rests in the heart of Iowa's rolling prairie, a place where the sky seems to stretch infinitely in every direction, its vastness a constant companion. It lies 10.9 miles north-north-west of Ankeny, IA (from Ankeny, IA: bearing 340°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north-north-east of Polk City. The land here is a testament to the patient work of glaciers, leaving behind fertile soil that forms gentle swells and dips across the horizon, interrupted only by the occasional cluster of stately oak or the stoic sentinel of a windbreak. In the late afternoon, the sun, a molten disc of honey and rose, bleeds across the western sky, casting long, dancing shadows that turn the cultivated fields into rippling waves of gold and green. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening corn, a perfume unique to this agricultural heartland. The story of Slater is deeply entwined with the iron horse that once thundered through its nascent streets, a vital artery that connected this burgeoning settlement to the wider world. Founded in the late 19th century, its economy was built on the back of agriculture, the relentless cycle of planting and harvest dictating the rhythm of life, a rhythm still palpable today. While the direct influence of the railroad has receded, the spirit of connection and commerce endures, with local businesses serving the surrounding farms and families, their storefronts reflecting a quiet pride in their enduring legacy. You can still feel the echoes of those early days in the sturdy brick buildings that line Main Street, silent witnesses to a time when Slater was a crucial stop for travelers and a hub for the bounty of the land.
Live animated radar for Slater 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Slater, Story County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.877765°N, 93.678554°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50244 |
| Area Code | 515 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Slater, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slater, 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 Slater includes coordinates 41.877765°N, 93.678554°W, situated in Story County. ZIP code 50244. 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.
