Flood Watch Excessive Heat Warning — Buchanan, IA, Delaware, IA, Dubuque, IA, Benton, IA, Linn, IA, Jones, IA, Jackson, IA, Iowa, IA, Johnson, IA, Cedar, IA, Clinton, IA, Muscatine, IA, Scott, IA, Keokuk, IA, Washington, IA, Louisa, IA, Jefferson, IA, Henry, IA, Des Moines, IA, Van Buren, IA, Lee, IA, Whiteside, IL, Rock Island, IL, Henry, IL, Bureau, IL, Putnam, IL, Mercer, IL, Henderson, IL, Warren, IL, Hancock, IL, McDonough, IL, Scotland, MO, Clark, MO 9:00 PM Extreme Heat Watch 10:00 PM

Iowa County, Iowa, United States

Last updated: 10:17 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
28°C
Feels like 33°
Overcast
▲ 35°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
4 mph SSW
Humidity
84%
Dew Point
25°
Pressure
29.03 inHg
Visibility
5 mi
UV Index
4.1
Cloud Cover
87%
Sunrise
5:56 AM
Sunset
8:32 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Iowa County is currently overcast at 28°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 4205 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:56AM · Sunset: 8:32PM.

Alerts

Flood Watch
Expires
Excessive Heat Warning
Buchanan, IA, Delaware, IA, Dubuque, IA, Benton, IA, Linn, IA, Jones, IA, Jackson, IA, Iowa, IA, Johnson, IA, Cedar, IA, Clinton, IA, Muscatine, IA, Scott, IA, Keokuk, IA, Washington, IA, Louisa, IA, Jefferson, IA, Henry, IA, Des Moines, IA, Van Buren, IA, Lee, IA, Whiteside, IL, Rock Island, IL, Henry, IL, Bureau, IL, Putnam, IL, Mercer, IL, Henderson, IL, Warren, IL, Hancock, IL, McDonough, IL, Scotland, MO, Clark, MO
Expires 9:00 PM
Extreme Heat Watch
Expires 10:00 PM
50 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
28°
3%
11 AM
30°
14%
12 PM
31°
7%
1 PM
32°
3%
2 PM
33°
3%
3 PM
34°
3%
4 PM
35°
3%
5 PM
34°
3%
6 PM
34°
3%
7 PM
33°
3%
8 PM
31°
18%
9 PM
29°
16%
10 PM
28°
8%
11 PM
28°
8%
12 AM
27°
8%
1 AM
26°
8%
2 AM
26°
9%
3 AM
25°
9%
4 AM
24°
12%
5 AM
24°
17%
6 AM
24°
14%
7 AM
24°
14%
8 AM
26°
14%
9 AM
28°
9%
7-Day Forecast
Today
35° 24°
Mostly Cloudy.
Mon
36° 23°
Clear.
Tue
30° 20°
Mostly Cloudy.
Wed
29° 17°
Clear with a 47% chance of rain.
Thu
30° 18°
Rain, 71% chance.
Fri
27° 19°
Rain, 64% chance.
Sat
28° 18°
Rain, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 28° Overcast 3% 4 mph SSW 84%
11 AM 30° Mostly Cloudy 14% 5 mph SW 76%
12 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 7% 4 mph SW 70%
1 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph WSW 67%
2 PM 33° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SW 62%
3 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SW 57%
4 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph SW 56%
5 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SSW 60%
6 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph S 64%
7 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SSE 70%
8 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 18% 5 mph SE 72%
9 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 16% 6 mph SSE 73%
10 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 8% 8 mph S 74%
11 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 8% 7 mph S 74%
12 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 8% 7 mph SSW 74%
1 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 8% 7 mph SSW 75%
2 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 9% 6 mph S 77%
3 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 9% 7 mph SSE 80%
4 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 12% 8 mph SSE 81%
5 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 17% 8 mph SSE 81%
6 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 14% 8 mph S 81%
7 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 14% 8 mph S 80%
8 AM 26° Mostly Clear 14% 8 mph S 78%
9 AM 28° Mostly Clear 9% 7 mph SSW 75%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Mostly Cloudy
8%
24°
35°
Mon
7/27
Clear
12%
23°
36°
Tue
7/28
Mostly Cloudy
14%
20°
30°
Wed
7/29
Clear
47%
17°
29°
Thu
7/30
Rain
71%
18°
30°
Fri
7/31
Rain
64%
19°
27°
Sat
8/1
Rain
52%
18°
28°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
42%
18°
30°
Mon
8/3
Clear
44%
18°
32°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
51%
20°
34°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
19°
31°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
60%
18°
30°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
17°
31°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
50
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
50 AQI 9.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
37 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 50 Good 37 50
Tue 40 Good 38 40
Wed 55 Moderate 41 55
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, 14:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3947 J/kg
MLCAPE2311 J/kg
MUCAPE3947 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-9.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear25 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear27 kt
0–1 km SRH-33
0–3 km SRH-171
Eff. SRH-171
Storm Motion274° @ 29 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.8
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index25.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.69 in
0–3 km LR5.2 °C/km
700–500 LR7.6 °C/km
Total Totals45.8
LCL944 hPa
LFC983 hPa
EL146 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,734 ft