Sumner, Iowa Weather
Sumner, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sumner, Bremer County.
Full aviation weather for Sumner is published on the Oelwein Municipal Airport (KOLZ) page, 21 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 Sumner 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 Sumner: George L Scott Municipal Airport (K3Y2) 29 km · Waverly Municipal Airport (KC25) 36 km · Waterloo Regional Airport (KALO) 41 km · Independence Municipal Airport (KIIB) 45 km · Northeast Iowa Regional Airport (KCCY) 49 km
Conditions reported at KOLZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sumner specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sumner.
About Sumner, Iowa
Sumner lies at the confluence of rolling farmland, where the rich Iowa soil stretches out under a sky that seems impossibly vast. It lies 27.6 miles north-north-east of Waterloo, IA (from Waterloo, IA: bearing 27°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-north-east of Tripoli. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields, broken by the darker green of tree lines that follow the gentle contours of the terrain, hinting at the slow, patient work of water shaping the earth over millennia. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, dry scent of drying corn stalks and sun-baked earth, a perfume unique to this part of the Midwest. Even the houses, spread out with a comfortable distance between them, seem to acknowledge the expansive horizons, their roofs catching the low-angled sun in a way that lends a quiet dignity to their simplicity. This corner of Bremer County has long been shaped by the agricultural pulse of the land, its economy rooted in the bounty of the soil. For generations, the farmers who call Sumner home have worked this fertile ground, a tradition that continues to define the local character and the rhythm of daily life. While the immediate landscape is dominated by agricultural pursuits, a closer look reveals the subtle history embedded in the very way the land is parceled and managed, a legacy of settlers who saw the promise in these wide-open spaces. The community itself, though small, possesses a quiet resilience, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have cultivated this corner of Iowa.
Live animated radar for Sumner 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 | Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.84748°N, 92.091563°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50674 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sumner, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sumner, 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 Sumner includes coordinates 42.847480°N, 92.091563°W, situated in Bremer County. ZIP code 50674. 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.
