Fairfield, Iowa

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18°C
Feels like 19°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 27°  /  ▼ 17°
Wind
5 mph NE
Humidity
96%
Dew Point
17°
Pressure
29.21 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
2.4
Cloud Cover
32%
Sunrise
6:22 AM
Sunset
7:58 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Fairfield is currently partly cloudy at 18°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 605 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:22AM · Sunset: 7:58PM.

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37 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
18°
24%
8 AM
18°
23%
9 AM
20°
14%
10 AM
22°
14%
11 AM
24°
14%
12 PM
25°
7%
1 PM
26°
3%
2 PM
27°
3%
3 PM
27°
3%
4 PM
27°
3%
5 PM
27°
3%
6 PM
27°
3%
7 PM
26°
3%
8 PM
24°
3%
9 PM
23°
3%
10 PM
21°
3%
11 PM
21°
3%
12 AM
20°
3%
1 AM
19°
3%
2 AM
19°
11%
3 AM
19°
11%
4 AM
19°
17%
5 AM
19°
26%
6 AM
18°
32%
7-Day Forecast
Today
27° 17°
Mostly Clear with a 24% chance of rain.
Fri
31° 17°
Mostly Clear with a 38% chance of rain.
Sat
28° 16°
Mostly Clear with a 41% chance of rain.
Sun
27° 13°
Clear.
Mon
28° 16°
Partly Cloudy.
Tue
31° 17°
Overcast with a 28% chance of rain.
Wed
30° 18°
Mostly Clear with a 25% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 18° Partly Cloudy 24% 5 mph NE 96%
8 AM 18° Mostly Clear 23% 5 mph NE 94%
9 AM 20° Mostly Clear 14% 4 mph ENE 92%
10 AM 22° Mostly Clear 14% 5 mph ENE 86%
11 AM 24° Mostly Clear 14% 4 mph ENE 77%
12 PM 25° Mostly Clear 7% 3 mph ENE 68%
1 PM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph ENE 61%
2 PM 27° Clear 3% 2 mph ENE 60%
3 PM 27° Clear 3% 2 mph ENE 58%
4 PM 27° Clear 3% 2 mph E 58%
5 PM 27° Clear 3% 3 mph ESE 62%
6 PM 27° Clear 3% 3 mph ESE 66%
7 PM 26° Clear 3% 4 mph ESE 74%
8 PM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph SE 78%
9 PM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SE 80%
10 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SE 83%
11 PM 21° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SE 86%
12 AM 20° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SSE 88%
1 AM 19° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph SSE 89%
2 AM 19° Mostly Clear 11% 6 mph SSE 90%
3 AM 19° Mostly Clear 11% 6 mph SSE 91%
4 AM 19° Mostly Clear 17% 6 mph S 92%
5 AM 19° Mostly Clear 26% 5 mph S 92%
6 AM 18° Mostly Clear 32% 5 mph SSW 92%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/20
Mostly Clear
24%
17°
27°
Fri
8/21
Mostly Clear
38%
17°
31°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Clear
41%
16°
28°
Sun
8/23
Clear
7%
13°
27°
Mon
8/24
Partly Cloudy
17%
16°
28°
Tue
8/25
Overcast
28%
17°
31°
Wed
8/26
Mostly Clear
25%
18°
30°
Thu
8/27
Mostly Clear
15%
16°
30°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
47%
16°
31°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
47%
19°
31°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
18°
29°
Tue
9/1
Clear
60%
17°
31°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
19°
32°
37
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
36 AQI 6.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
37 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Fri 37 Good 37 36
Sat 31 Good 31 28
Sun 23 Good 23 22
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 Thu Aug 20, 10:00'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
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE32 J/kg
MUCAPE235 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index3.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear7 kt
Eff. Shear22 kt
0–1 km SRH-30
0–3 km SRH43
Eff. SRH80
Storm Motion5° @ 21 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.2
K-Index23.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.11 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR4.6 °C/km
Total Totals34.5
LCL983 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,772 ft