WXK84: NOAA Weather Radio, Fort Dodge

162.400 MHz · 260 W · On the air

WXK84 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Fort Dodge, Iowa, at 260 W. The National Weather Service office in Des Moines, IA programs it. It covers 7 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK84 (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: WXK84
Frequency: 162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power: 260 W
Status: On the air
Station: Fort Dodge
State: Iowa
NWS office: Des Moines, IA
Location: 42.4568, -94.2219

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
Boone	Iowa	019015	Whole county
Calhoun	Iowa	019025	Whole county
Hamilton	Iowa	019079	Whole county
Humboldt	Iowa	019091	Whole county
Pocahontas	Iowa	019151	Whole county
Webster	Iowa	019187	Whole county
Wright	Iowa	019197	Whole county

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 29, 2026 at 10:25 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.