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Mahaska County, Iowa, United States

Last updated: 10:14 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
30°C
Feels like 35°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 38°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
5 mph SW
Humidity
73%
Dew Point
25°
Pressure
29.05 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
4.7
Cloud Cover
82%
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Sunset
8:33 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Mahaska County is currently mostly cloudy at 30°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3668 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:00AM · Sunset: 8:33PM.

48 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
30°
3%
11 AM
32°
14%
12 PM
34°
14%
1 PM
36°
7%
2 PM
36°
7%
3 PM
37°
7%
4 PM
38°
9%
5 PM
37°
4%
6 PM
36°
4%
7 PM
34°
5%
8 PM
32°
5%
9 PM
31°
5%
10 PM
29°
5%
11 PM
29°
17%
12 AM
28°
20%
1 AM
27°
11%
2 AM
27°
16%
3 AM
27°
16%
4 AM
27°
16%
5 AM
26°
19%
6 AM
26°
25%
7 AM
26°
18%
8 AM
27°
24%
9 AM
30°
30%
7-Day Forecast
Today
38° 24°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
38° 24°
Clear with a 34% chance of rain.
Tue
32° 21°
Overcast.
Wed
32° 19°
Clear with a 39% chance of rain.
Thu
33° 19°
Rain, 71% chance.
Fri
29° 21°
Rain, 64% chance.
Sat
29° 19°
Rain, 42% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 30° Mostly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SW 73%
11 AM 32° Mostly Cloudy 14% 6 mph SW 63%
12 PM 34° Mostly Cloudy 14% 6 mph SW 58%
1 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 7% 6 mph SW 56%
2 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 7% 6 mph SW 53%
3 PM 37° Partly Cloudy 7% 6 mph SW 49%
4 PM 38° Partly Cloudy 9% 6 mph SW 46%
5 PM 37° Partly Cloudy 4% 6 mph SSW 48%
6 PM 36° Mostly Clear 4% 8 mph SSW 51%
7 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 5% 9 mph S 56%
8 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph S 59%
9 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 5% 8 mph S 61%
10 PM 29° Overcast 5% 8 mph S 64%
11 PM 29° Overcast 17% 8 mph S 67%
12 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 20% 8 mph SSW 70%
1 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 11% 7 mph SSW 73%
2 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 16% 7 mph SSW 74%
3 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 16% 8 mph SSW 74%
4 AM 27° Mostly Clear 16% 8 mph SSW 76%
5 AM 26° Mostly Clear 19% 7 mph S 79%
6 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 25% 7 mph S 81%
7 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 18% 8 mph S 82%
8 AM 27° Mostly Clear 24% 8 mph S 77%
9 AM 30° Mostly Clear 30% 8 mph SSW 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Partly Cloudy
9%
24°
38°
Mon
7/27
Clear
34%
24°
38°
Tue
7/28
Overcast
14%
21°
32°
Wed
7/29
Clear
39%
19°
32°
Thu
7/30
Rain
71%
19°
33°
Fri
7/31
Rain
64%
21°
29°
Sat
8/1
Rain
42%
19°
29°
Sun
8/2
Clear
18%
19°
31°
Mon
8/3
Clear
44%
19°
34°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
51%
21°
36°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
48
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
48 AQI 8.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
38 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 48 Good 38 48
Tue 46 Good 39 46
Wed 53 Moderate 39 53
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Jul 26, 13:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE4125 J/kg
MLCAPE1610 J/kg
MUCAPE4269 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-10.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear26 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear27 kt
0–1 km SRH-50
0–3 km SRH-124
Eff. SRH-124
Storm Motion267° @ 26 kt
0–1 km EHI-1.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index22.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.44 in
0–3 km LR5.5 °C/km
700–500 LR7.7 °C/km
Total Totals46.6
LCL921 hPa
LFC984 hPa
EL143 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,338 ft