St. Joseph, Iowa Weather
St. Joseph, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for St. Joseph, Kossuth County.
Full aviation weather for St. Joseph is published on the Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA) page, 19 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 St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph: Humboldt Municipal Airport (K0K7) 20 km · Eagle Grove Municipal Airport (KEAG) 34 km · Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) 39 km · Fort Dodge Regional Airport (KFOD) 40 km · Clarion Municipal Airport (KCAV) 43 km
Conditions reported at KAXA describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St. Joseph specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for St. Joseph.
About St. Joseph, Iowa
St. Joseph, Iowa, exhales the quietude of the prairie, a place where the horizon stretches like an unwritten page. It lies 54.4 miles west-south-west of Mason City, IA (from Mason City, IA: bearing 253°T), and is situated 10.8 miles south of Algona. The land here is a gentle swell, a soft topography that rises and falls with the patient grace of a slumbering giant. Fields of corn and soybeans, a patchwork of emerald and gold, march in ordered rows towards the distant, hazy blue of the sky, their edges softened by the endless expanse. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, spills across these cultivated plains with a buttery luminescence, catching the dust motes dancing in the still air and imbuing the very atmosphere with a serene, golden hue. The air itself carries the faint, earthy perfume of turned soil and ripening grain, a scent that speaks of honest labor and the cyclical rhythm of the land. The history of St. Joseph is whispered in the rustle of prairie grasses and the enduring spirit of its agricultural roots. For generations, this corner of Kossuth County has been shaped by the farmer's plow, a testament to the rich soil that yields its bounty year after year. The local economy, deeply entwined with the cultivation of the land, thrives on the robust production of corn and soybeans, the very lifeblood of the region. While grand monuments are absent, the sturdy, well-maintained farmhouses and the quiet hum of activity at the local grain elevator serve as subtle landmarks, each a narrative of resilience and continuity. The pace of life in St. Joseph is dictated not by the frantic ticking of clocks, but by the turning of the seasons and the steady pulse of the agrarian calendar, a gentle, unhurried existence where community ties run as deep as the fertile earth.
Live animated radar for St. Joseph 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 | St. Joseph, Kossuth County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.913303°N, 94.227185°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50519 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Joseph, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Joseph, 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 St. Joseph includes coordinates 42.913303°N, 94.227185°W, situated in Kossuth County. ZIP code 50519. 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. 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.
