St. Benedict, Iowa Weather
St. Benedict, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for St. Benedict, Kossuth County.
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About St. Benedict, Iowa
St. Benedict, a quiet presence in the rolling Iowa landscape, exhales a gentle breath of prairie air. It lies 44.3 miles west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 260°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-south-east of Algona. The land here, a tapestry of cultivated fields and wind-swept grasses, slopes with a subtle grace, the horizon stretching wide and inviting under a sky that seems to hold the very essence of open space. Barns, weathered to shades of faded red and silver, punctuate the green and gold of summer crops, their silhouettes sharp against the vastness. In the late afternoon, the sunlight softens, casting long, warm shadows that stretch and pool across the fields, a silent testament to the unhurried passage of time. The history of St. Benedict is as deeply rooted as the corn stalks that stand sentinel in its fields. Founded by German Catholic immigrants seeking fertile ground and a place to build their faith, the community retains a quiet strength, a legacy of hard work and enduring spirit. The local economy, predictably, leans heavily on the bounty of the land, with agriculture forming the backbone of its livelihood. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist attractions here, but rather a profound sense of place, a character forged in the shared rhythms of planting and harvest, of family and faith, that defines St. Benedict.
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| Location | St. Benedict, Kossuth County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 43.038022°N, 94.064401°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50511 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Benedict, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Benedict, 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 St. Benedict includes coordinates 43.038022°N, 94.064401°W, situated in Kossuth County. ZIP code 50511. Telephone area code: 319. 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.
