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

Benton County, Iowa, United States

Last updated: 7:44 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
25°C
Feels like 29°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 35°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
5 mph S
Humidity
94%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
28.94 inHg
Visibility
7 mi
UV Index
2.9
Cloud Cover
79%
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Sunset
8:33 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Benton County is currently mostly cloudy at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3645 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:55AM · Sunset: 8:33PM.

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
52 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
25°
15%
8 AM
26°
23%
9 AM
28°
14%
10 AM
29°
14%
11 AM
31°
14%
12 PM
31°
7%
1 PM
33°
3%
2 PM
34°
3%
3 PM
34°
3%
4 PM
34°
3%
5 PM
35°
3%
6 PM
34°
3%
7 PM
33°
5%
8 PM
31°
8%
9 PM
30°
8%
10 PM
29°
27%
11 PM
29°
27%
12 AM
28°
17%
1 AM
27°
17%
2 AM
27°
17%
3 AM
26°
12%
4 AM
26°
19%
5 AM
25°
19%
6 AM
25°
15%
7-Day Forecast
Today
35° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 27% chance of rain.
Mon
34° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 25% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
30° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 37% chance of rain.
Thu
29° 18°
Rain, 64% chance.
Fri
28° 19°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sat
28° 18°
Clear with a 63% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 25° Mostly Cloudy 15% 5 mph S 94%
8 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 23% 4 mph S 89%
9 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 14% 4 mph S 84%
10 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 14% 4 mph SSW 76%
11 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 14% 5 mph SSW 70%
12 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 7% 5 mph SSW 66%
1 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SW 63%
2 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SW 60%
3 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SW 58%
4 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SSW 58%
5 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph S 60%
6 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph S 65%
7 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 5% 5 mph S 69%
8 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 8% 6 mph S 72%
9 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 8% 7 mph S 73%
10 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 27% 8 mph S 72%
11 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 27% 8 mph SSW 70%
12 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 17% 8 mph SSW 68%
1 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 17% 7 mph SSW 72%
2 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 17% 6 mph S 78%
3 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 12% 6 mph SSE 83%
4 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 19% 6 mph SSE 85%
5 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 19% 7 mph SSE 86%
6 AM 25° Haze 15% 8 mph S 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Partly Cloudy
27%
24°
35°
Mon
7/27
Partly Cloudy
25%
24°
34°
Tue
7/28
Partly Cloudy
7%
21°
30°
Wed
7/29
Mostly Clear
37%
18°
30°
Thu
7/30
Rain
64%
18°
29°
Fri
7/31
Rain
82%
19°
28°
Sat
8/1
Clear
63%
18°
28°
Sun
8/2
Clear
18%
17°
29°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
44%
18°
31°
Tue
8/4
Thunderstorm
51%
20°
32°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
19°
33°
52
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
52 AQI 9.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
33 AQI 37 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 52 Moderate 33 52
Tue 42 Good 39 42
Wed 55 Moderate 37 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, 11:00'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
SBCAPE2345 J/kg
MLCAPE1875 J/kg
MUCAPE2858 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-7.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear29 kt
0–1 km Shear28 kt
Eff. Shear32 kt
0–1 km SRH-265
0–3 km SRH-359
Eff. SRH-359
Storm Motion277° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI-3.9
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index26.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.66 in
0–3 km LR4.1 °C/km
700–500 LR7.6 °C/km
Total Totals47.5
LCL966 hPa
LFC980 hPa
EL175 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,836 ft