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

Buchanan County, Iowa, United States

Last updated: 7:44 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 28°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
5 mph SSE
Humidity
93%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
28.87 inHg
Visibility
4 mi
UV Index
3.3
Cloud Cover
73%
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
8:33 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Buchanan County is currently mostly cloudy at 24°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 4169 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 5:53AM · Sunset: 8:33PM.

Alerts

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
57 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
22%
8 AM
25°
44%
9 AM
27°
35%
10 AM
28°
23%
11 AM
30°
16%
12 PM
31°
16%
1 PM
33°
4%
2 PM
33°
4%
3 PM
34°
4%
4 PM
34°
3%
5 PM
34°
3%
6 PM
33°
3%
7 PM
32°
18%
8 PM
31°
22%
9 PM
29°
23%
10 PM
29°
36%
11 PM
28°
36%
12 AM
28°
45%
1 AM
27°
45%
2 AM
26°
38%
3 AM
24°
34%
4 AM
24°
35%
5 AM
24°
36%
6 AM
24°
37%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 36% chance of rain.
Mon
33° 23°
Mostly Clear with a 45% chance of rain.
Tue
30° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
29° 18°
Drizzle, 47% chance.
Thu
28° 17°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Fri
27° 19°
Rain, 82% chance.
Sat
28° 17°
Rain, 52% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Mostly Cloudy 22% 5 mph SSE 93%
8 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 44% 6 mph S 90%
9 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph S 88%
10 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 23% 5 mph SSW 82%
11 AM 30° Partly Cloudy 16% 5 mph SSW 75%
12 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 16% 5 mph SW 70%
1 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 4% 6 mph SW 67%
2 PM 33° Mostly Cloudy 4% 5 mph SW 65%
3 PM 34° Mostly Cloudy 4% 5 mph SW 63%
4 PM 34° Mostly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SSW 64%
5 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SSW 66%
6 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph S 70%
7 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 18% 5 mph SSE 76%
8 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 22% 6 mph SSE 80%
9 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 23% 7 mph SSE 83%
10 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 36% 7 mph S 81%
11 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 36% 7 mph S 76%
12 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 45% 7 mph S 72%
1 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 45% 7 mph S 75%
2 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 38% 6 mph S 79%
3 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 34% 6 mph S 82%
4 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 35% 6 mph S 85%
5 AM 24° Mostly Clear 36% 7 mph S 87%
6 AM 24° Clear 37% 8 mph S 89%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/26
Partly Cloudy
36%
23°
34°
Mon
7/27
Mostly Clear
45%
23°
33°
Tue
7/28
Mostly Clear
14%
21°
30°
Wed
7/29
Drizzle
47%
18°
29°
Thu
7/30
Drizzle
51%
17°
28°
Fri
7/31
Rain
82%
19°
27°
Sat
8/1
Rain
52%
17°
28°
Sun
8/2
Clear
18%
17°
28°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
44%
18°
29°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
51%
19°
30°
Wed
8/5
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Thu
8/6
Drizzle
60%
17°
27°
Fri
8/7
Drizzle
60%
17°
29°
Sat
8/8
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Sun
8/9
Drizzle
60%
18°
31°
57
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
57 AQI 12.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
34 AQI 38 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 57 Moderate 34 57
Tue 48 Good 37 48
Wed 56 Moderate 35 56
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
SBCAPE2029 J/kg
MLCAPE1758 J/kg
MUCAPE2572 J/kg
SBCIN-371 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-5.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear29 kt
0–1 km Shear30 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-295
0–3 km SRH-445
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion272° @ 31 kt
0–1 km EHI-3.8
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index26.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.62 in
0–3 km LR4.2 °C/km
700–500 LR7.2 °C/km
Total Totals46.5
LCL966 hPa
LFC689 hPa
EL181 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,915 ft