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Cherokee County, Iowa, United States

Last updated: 3:47 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
20°C
Feels like 20°
Rain
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
9 mph ENE
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
28.50 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
76%
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cherokee County is currently rain at 20°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1699 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:48AM · Sunset: 7:54PM.

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41 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
20°
87%
4 AM
19°
69%
5 AM
18°
62%
6 AM
18°
44%
7 AM
19°
31%
8 AM
20°
31%
9 AM
21°
28%
10 AM
23°
20%
11 AM
26°
8%
12 PM
28°
6%
1 PM
31°
9%
2 PM
32°
17%
3 PM
33°
17%
4 PM
32°
26%
5 PM
33°
23%
6 PM
32°
23%
7 PM
30°
31%
8 PM
28°
31%
9 PM
26°
32%
10 PM
23°
40%
11 PM
23°
45%
12 AM
23°
45%
1 AM
23°
42%
2 AM
23°
42%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 19°
Clear with a 87% chance of rain.
Thu
37° 19°
Clear with a 44% chance of rain.
Fri
37° 21°
Clear with a 34% chance of rain.
Sat
37° 21°
Clear with a 51% chance of rain.
Sun
37° 19°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
36° 19°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
36° 19°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 20° Rain 87% 9 mph ENE 91%
4 AM 19° Rain 69% 10 mph ESE 89%
5 AM 18° Mostly Cloudy 62% 8 mph ESE 92%
6 AM 18° Mostly Clear 44% 7 mph SE 93%
7 AM 19° Mostly Clear 31% 7 mph SE 89%
8 AM 20° Clear 31% 9 mph SE 83%
9 AM 21° Clear 28% 9 mph SE 76%
10 AM 23° Clear 20% 8 mph SSE 67%
11 AM 26° Clear 8% 9 mph S 58%
12 PM 28° Clear 6% 9 mph S 48%
1 PM 31° Clear 9% 9 mph S 44%
2 PM 32° Clear 17% 10 mph S 41%
3 PM 33° Clear 17% 10 mph S 38%
4 PM 32° Clear 26% 9 mph S 40%
5 PM 33° Mostly Clear 23% 8 mph S 42%
6 PM 32° Mostly Clear 23% 6 mph S 45%
7 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 31% 6 mph SSE 52%
8 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 31% 6 mph SSE 59%
9 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 32% 6 mph SSE 66%
10 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 40% 6 mph SSE 70%
11 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 45% 6 mph SSE 72%
12 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 45% 7 mph SSE 75%
1 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 42% 6 mph SSE 78%
2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 42% 7 mph SSE 82%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Clear
87%
19°
33°
Thu
9/3
Clear
44%
19°
37°
Fri
9/4
Clear
34%
21°
37°
Sat
9/5
Clear
51%
21°
37°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
51%
19°
37°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
19°
36°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
53%
19°
36°
Wed
9/9
Drizzle
53%
16°
29°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
44%
14°
29°
Fri
9/11
Rain
68%
13°
32°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
60%
16°
29°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
15°
29°
Mon
9/14
Clear
60%
15°
28°
Tue
9/15
Drizzle
60%
15°
28°
Wed
9/16
Drizzle
60%
14°
29°
41
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

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

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
41 AQI 7.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
41 AQI 44 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 41 Good 41 41
Thu 44 Good 44 39
Fri 43 Good 43 36
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 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Wed Sep 2, 07:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE918 J/kg
MUCAPE1930 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN-188 J/kg
Lifted Index0.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear43 kt
0–1 km Shear32 kt
Eff. Shear26 kt
0–1 km SRH15
0–3 km SRH41
Eff. SRH71
Storm Motion270° @ 35 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell1.8
K-Index40.1
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.96 in
0–3 km LR4.3 °C/km
700–500 LR6.3 °C/km
Total Totals51.6
LCL942 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl13,340 ft