Iowa weather: Hit or miss shower chances continue with 60s into the weekend
Updated: 6:48 PM CDT Apr 9, 2025
BE FILED IN THIS COLLAPSE. ALL RIGHT. LET’S GO AHEAD AND FOCUS BACK IN ON THE WEATHER PICTURE. YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. REALLY NOT TOO BAD. WE COULD USE IT. AND IT’S JUST DISRUPTING WHAT’S BEEN A PRETTY NICE WEEK SO FAR. YEAH, THERE’S SOME LUCKY FOLKS. THIS THIS PROBABLY ISN’T GOING TO BE ANYTHING MORE THAN SOMETHING TO DAMPER DOWN THE THE POLLEN. YEAH, YEAH, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. I MEAN, IT’S JUST WE COULD SEE A STRAY THUNDERSTORM AGAIN. DON’T EXPECT MUCH OUT OF THIS COUPLE WEAK SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH. AND YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR HOUR BY HOUR THOSE REALLY START TO GET GOING AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO ILLINOIS. SO WE MISS OUT ON THAT BATCH OF RAIN. AND WE’VE GOT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT WILL BE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. REALLY, REALLY NOTHING THAT ROBUST IS GOING TO WORK ITS WAY ON THROUGH. HERE’S A COUPLE STORMS YOU CAN SEE EAST TOWARDS CEDAR RAPIDS. THAT’S AROUND 2 P.M. OTHERWISE, WE STILL CARRY A CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM INTO THE EVENING. BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO PICK UP MUCH RAIN OUT OF THIS. AND IF ANY, I WOULD SAY IN SPOTS TEMPERATURE WISE THOUGH, TEMPERATURES BUILDING BACK UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S FOR YOUR FRIDAY. AND THEN THINGS START TO GET WARM AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY. WE’RE ALREADY AT 55 BY 10 A.M. AND LOOKING AT YOUR RAIN TRACKER AGAIN, NO HUGE TOTALS, 1307 INCH FOR SHERIDAN, PERHAPS A QUARTER OF AN INCH FOR WATERLOO. BUT THOSE POCKETS ARE GOING TO BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AS WE REALLY LOOK TO PICK UP JUST A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. WINDS DO PICK UP, THOUGH. WE LOOK AT YOUR DAY ON THURSDAY, WINDS ARE GOING TO BE SCREAMING AGAIN AT AROUND 25 TO 30MPH FOR GUSTS, MAINLY THROUGH THAT WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. AND FRIDAY THEY GO CALM. IF YOU WANT TO GO FOR A RUN OR A BIKE RIDE WHEN IT’S WARM AND NOT WINDY, FRIDAY IS LOOKING LIKE A PRETTY GOOD DAY. I KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE WARMER THIS WEEKEND, BUT THOSE WINDS ARE GOING TO CRANK RIGHT BACK UP. YOU LOOK AT SATURDAY MORNING AND WE’RE ALREADY AT WINDS OF AROUND 25 TO 30MPH. SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO BE OUTSIDE. POLLEN COUNTS ARE GOING TO BE HIGH AGAIN TOMORROW AND WE’LL KEEP THEM AT LEAST MEDIUM THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. AGAIN, NO RAIN CHANCES AND A WHOLE LOT OF WIND IS GOING TO HELP TO KEEP THAT ACTIVE FOR US. YOU LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, TEMPERATURES PUSHING BACK UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S ACROSS THE STATE, AREAS TO THE SOUTH, MIDDLE 60S SHERIDAN AT 6464 FOR ALBIA CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED STORM. WE HANG ON TO THE 60S FOR A STRETCH HERE INTO THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY, UPPER 60S WITH SUNNY SKIES. IT’S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. 62 FOR MARSHALLTOWN TOMORROW. COULD SEE A STRAY STORM IN BROOKLYN. MONTEZUMA AT 64, CROCKER AT 63 AND TO THE NORTH, A LITTLE BIT COOLER, BUT STILL VERY SEASONABLE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR 56 AND FOR CITY CLARION AT 59, TOUCHING ON 70 ON SATURDAY. BUT AGAIN, PLAN ON VERY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DAY TOMORROW. HIT OR MISS? SHOWER HERE OR THERE? WE’RE BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S AND THAT EIGHT DAY FORECAST CRUISING FROM THERE 76 ON SUNDAY COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. AFTER THAT SYSTEM ROLLS THROUGH, WE’RE LOOKING COOLER DOWN TO 60 ON TUESDAY WITH CHANCE FOR A SHOW
Iowa weather: Hit or miss shower chances continue with 60s into the weekend
Updated: 6:48 PM CDT Apr 9, 2025
Chance for some showers and isolated storms on Thursday. We will also have stronger winds with gusts around 20 to 30 mph.Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts Friday will bring back dry conditions and weaker winds, but temperatures take a drop with highs in the 50s. The winds will really ramp up for the weekend along with a steep temperature climb. Highs will be in the 60s and 70s along with gusts 30 to 40 mph. The only rain chances will be in northern Iowa come Sunday as a low moves over Minnesota. Temps will drop back down to normal starting next week as this system moves out. Iowa weather forecastToday: A few showers possible, especially first half of the day. Partly to mostly cloudy. High 67F. ESE winds shifting to NNW at 10 to 20 mph.Tonight: Partly cloudy skies. Low 43F. NE winds shifting to SSW at 10 to 15 mph.Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies. Slight chance of a shower. High 62F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy skies. Low 41F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Chance for some showers and isolated storms on Thursday. We will also have stronger winds with gusts around 20 to 30 mph.
Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts
Friday will bring back dry conditions and weaker winds, but temperatures take a drop with highs in the 50s. The winds will really ramp up for the weekend along with a steep temperature climb. Highs will be in the 60s and 70s along with gusts 30 to 40 mph. The only rain chances will be in northern Iowa come Sunday as a low moves over Minnesota. Temps will drop back down to normal starting next week as this system moves out.
Iowa weather forecast
Today: A few showers possible, especially first half of the day. Partly to mostly cloudy. High 67F. ESE winds shifting to NNW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy skies. Low 43F. NE winds shifting to SSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy skies. Slight chance of a shower. High 62F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy skies. Low 41F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.