Spragueville, Iowa Weather
Spragueville, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Spragueville, Jackson County.
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About Spragueville, Iowa
Spragueville sits like a patient farmer surveying his broad, rolling acres, the land a patchwork of cultivated fields and wilder, wooded draws. It lies 31.8 miles south-south-east of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 158°T), and is situated 1.9 miles north-west of Preston. The Mississippi River, a vast, slow-moving artery, lies a short distance to the east, its presence felt more in the humid air and the occasional distant rumble of a barge than in a visible vista. Here, the sky feels immense, stretching out over the gentle slopes and the occasional weathered barn, its paint long since surrendered to the sun and the wind. Even in the quiet midday, a subtle hum of unseen life persists, a whisper of cicadas and the rustle of leaves in the oak and maple trees that mark the boundaries of fields and line the quiet country roads that lead into and out of Spragueville. The history of Spragueville is as deeply furrowed into the landscape as the plow lines in a summer field, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who first settled this fertile ground. The economy here has long been tied to the bounty of the earth, with agriculture remaining a cornerstone, the rich soil yielding corn, soybeans, and a steady stream of livestock. Old farmsteads, some still bearing the marks of generations of hands, stand as silent witnesses to the passage of time and the tenacity of rural life. While the larger currents of the world may flow elsewhere, Spragueville maintains its own unhurried cadence, a place where the quiet strength of community and the enduring connection to the land define its character, a subtle beauty found in the way the late afternoon light spills across the fields, turning the golden stalks of corn into a sea of liquid amber.
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| Location | Spragueville, Jackson County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.072523°N, 90.435131°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52074 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Spragueville, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Spragueville, 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 Spragueville includes coordinates 42.072523°N, 90.435131°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 52074. 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.
