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Overview
WXN85 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Fairfield, Iowa, on 162.400 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
Forecasts and warnings on WXN85 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Quad Cities, IA. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 8 counties in Iowa; the full list is in the table below. A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis County | IA | 019051 |
Northeast part |
| Henry County | IA | 019087 |
Entire area |
| Jefferson County | IA | 019101 |
Entire area |
| Keokuk County | IA | 019107 |
Southeast part |
| Lee County | IA | 019111 |
Northwest part |
| Van Buren County | IA | 019177 |
Entire area |
| Wapello County | IA | 019179 |
East part |
| Washington County | IA | 019183 |
Southwest part |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXN85
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Fairfield, IA
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Quad Cities, IA
- Office address
- 9040 Harrison Street (Davenport Municipal Airport), Davenport, IA, 52806
- Office phone
- 563-386-3976
- Coverage
- 8 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXN85 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Fairfield, IA
- NWS office
- Quad Cities, IA
- Covers
- 8 counties
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