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Cherokee County, Iowa, United States

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21°C
Feels like 21°
Rain
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 19°
Wind
9 mph NNE
Humidity
91%
Dew Point
19°
Pressure
28.48 inHg
Visibility
8 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
61%
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Cherokee County is currently rain at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 87% around 3 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 1682 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
21°
87%
4 AM
20°
69%
5 AM
20°
69%
6 AM
18°
61%
7 AM
18°
43%
8 AM
19°
31%
9 AM
21°
30%
10 AM
21°
20%
11 AM
24°
20%
12 PM
26°
8%
1 PM
28°
6%
2 PM
32°
9%
3 PM
32°
17%
4 PM
33°
26%
5 PM
32°
27%
6 PM
32°
23%
7 PM
32°
24%
8 PM
30°
31%
9 PM
28°
34%
10 PM
24°
38%
11 PM
24°
47%
12 AM
23°
51%
1 AM
23°
47%
2 AM
22°
53%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 19°
Clear with a 87% chance of rain.
Thu
37° 19°
Rain, 50% chance.
Fri
38° 21°
Clear with a 34% chance of rain.
Sat
37° 21°
Clear with a 51% chance of rain.
Sun
38° 19°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
37° 19°
Rain, 82% chance.
Tue
36° 19°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Rain 87% 9 mph NNE 91%
4 AM 20° Rain 69% 10 mph ESE 90%
5 AM 20° Rain 69% 8 mph SE 91%
6 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 61% 8 mph SE 92%
7 AM 18° Partly Cloudy 43% 8 mph SE 93%
8 AM 19° Mostly Clear 31% 8 mph SE 88%
9 AM 21° Clear 30% 8 mph SE 81%
10 AM 21° Clear 20% 9 mph SE 74%
11 AM 24° Clear 20% 8 mph SSE 64%
12 PM 26° Clear 8% 9 mph S 55%
1 PM 28° Clear 6% 9 mph SSW 46%
2 PM 32° Clear 9% 10 mph SSW 43%
3 PM 32° Clear 17% 10 mph SSW 40%
4 PM 33° Clear 26% 10 mph SSW 38%
5 PM 32° Mostly Clear 27% 9 mph S 40%
6 PM 32° Mostly Clear 23% 8 mph S 42%
7 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 24% 7 mph S 46%
8 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 31% 7 mph S 54%
9 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 34% 7 mph SSE 61%
10 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 38% 7 mph SSE 68%
11 PM 24° Partly Cloudy 47% 7 mph SSE 70%
12 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 51% 7 mph S 73%
1 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 47% 8 mph S 75%
2 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 53% 5 mph SSE 79%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/2
Clear
87%
19°
33°
Thu
9/3
Rain
50%
19°
37°
Fri
9/4
Clear
34%
21°
38°
Sat
9/5
Clear
51%
21°
37°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
51%
19°
38°
Mon
9/7
Rain
82%
19°
37°
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%
16°
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 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Wed Sep 2, 06:00'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
SBCAPE61 J/kg
MLCAPE1044 J/kg
MUCAPE2094 J/kg
SBCIN-398 J/kg
MLCIN-150 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear46 kt
0–1 km Shear25 kt
Eff. Shear39 kt
0–1 km SRH52
0–3 km SRH131
Eff. SRH145
Storm Motion267° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.2
Supercell6.1
K-Index42.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.06 in
0–3 km LR4.3 °C/km
700–500 LR6.5 °C/km
Total Totals53.5
LCL943 hPa
LFC626 hPa
EL410 hPa
Freezing Lvl13,566 ft