KXI65: NOAA Weather Radio, Lenox

162.450 MHz · 302 W · On the air

KXI65 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Lenox, Iowa, at 302 W. The National Weather Service office in Des Moines, IA programs it. It covers 5 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KXI65 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

On the air
Degraded
Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign: KXI65
Frequency: 162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power: 302 W
Status: On the air
Station: Lenox
State: Iowa
NWS office: Des Moines, IA
Location: 40.8423, -94.6326

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

County	State	SAME code	Coverage
Adair	Iowa	019001	Whole county
Adams	Iowa	019003	Whole county
Ringgold	Iowa	019159	Whole county
Taylor	Iowa	019173	Whole county
Union	Iowa	019175	Western 1/2

Nearby transmitters

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Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.