Varina, Iowa Weather
Varina, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Varina, Pocahontas County.
Full aviation weather for Varina is published on the Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) page, 22 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 Varina 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 Varina: Storm Lake Municipal Airport (KSLB) 29 km · Sac City Municipal Airport (KSKI) 32 km · Rockwell City Municipal Airport (K2Y4) 38 km · Emmetsburg Municipal Airport (KEGQ) 52 km · Humboldt Municipal Airport (K0K7) 54 km
Conditions reported at KPOH describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Varina specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Varina.
About Varina, Iowa
Varina exists as a quiet breath held on the prairie, a place where the sky feels vast and the land stretches out in long, sun-bleached sweeps. It lies 77.2 miles east of Sioux City, IA (from Sioux City, IA: bearing 81°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-east of Newell. The character of this locale is etched in the subtle rise and fall of the terrain, a gentle topography that hints at ancient glacial work, now mostly given over to the orderly rows of crops that shimmer under the wide Iowa sun. Here, the air often carries the clean scent of turned earth and ripening grain, a testament to the land's enduring fertility, and in the late afternoon, the light can soften into a honeyed hue, painting the horizon with streaks of gold and rose before the slow descent into twilight. The history of Varina is intrinsically tied to the agricultural heartland it inhabits, its early days shaped by the pioneers who coaxed life from this fertile soil and the railroads that brought them here. The local economy remains firmly rooted in the cultivation of corn and soybeans, the lifeblood of the region, giving the landscape its characteristic pattern and the rhythm of the seasons its defining pulse. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet dignity of the grain elevators standing sentinel against the sky, and the weathered barns that dot the fields, speak of generations of hard work and a deep connection to the land that sustains Varina.
Live animated radar for Varina 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 | Varina, Pocahontas County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42.658033°N, 94.897764°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 50593, 50540 |
| Area Code | 319 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Varina, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Varina, 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 Varina includes coordinates 42.658033°N, 94.897764°W, situated in Pocahontas County. ZIP code 50593, 50540. 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.
