Udell, Iowa Weather
Udell, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Udell, Appanoose County.
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About Udell, Iowa
Udell sits in a quiet pocket of Appanoose County, where the land gently rolls and swells, a soft green quilt stitched with the darker threads of timber stands. It lies 23.9 miles south-west of Ottumwa, IA (from Ottumwa, IA: bearing 226°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east-north-east of Centerville. The air here, particularly after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the senses. Fields of soybeans and corn stretch towards horizons that seem to go on forever, their stalks a rustling chorus in the slightest breeze. The sky above Udell is a generous canvas, often painted with dramatic clouds that cast fleeting shadows across the undulating terrain, lending a sense of depth and constant, subtle change to the landscape. The history of Udell is tied to the agricultural heartland of Iowa, a place where the land itself has dictated the pace of life and the shape of its economy for generations. While the days of large-scale coal mining that once characterized parts of Appanoose County have largely faded, the spirit of perseverance remains, evident in the farms that continue to work this fertile soil. Local businesses, small but resilient, serve the needs of the surrounding countryside, their doors opening early to greet the day and their proprietors knowing most faces by name. There’s a quiet dignity to Udell, a sense that its story is still being written, one season at a time, by the hardworking people who call it home.
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| Location | Udell, Appanoose County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40.780849°N, 92.742138°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52593 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Udell, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Udell, 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 Udell includes coordinates 40.780849°N, 92.742138°W, situated in Appanoose County. ZIP code 52593. 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.
