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Iowa weather: Haze gives way to rain early this week

Hot and hazy conditions will persist today as wildfire smoke remains overhead with highs reaching the mid-80s.

Iowa weather: Haze gives way to rain early this week

Hot and hazy conditions will persist today as wildfire smoke remains overhead with highs reaching the mid-80s.

SUCCESS OUT THERE. SO GOOD FOR HIM. ALL RIGHT. WEATHER-WISE HERE, TOD, WE’RE GETTING INTO A NEW WEEK. WE’VE JUST STARTED A NEW MONTH. WE’VE GOT SOME CHANGES HERE COMING AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO FAR THIS WEEKEND IT’S BEEN ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF INCREASING A LITTLE BIT OF WARMTH, DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SMOKY HAZE. WE’RE GOING TO FINALLY CHANGE THAT. NOT QUITE ALL THE WAY TOMORROW, BUT THE SMOKE WILL BE FINALLY DECREASING TOMORROW. THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HEAT UP A LITTLE BIT BETTER, TO A LITTLE MORE DIRECT SUNLIGHT INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK. AND THEN WE’VE GOT THAT CHANCE OF RAIN AND STORMS COMING UP AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY. TOMORROW. THINK TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, THOUGH THAN THEY DID TODAY, MIDDLE 80S. AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS, ESPECIALLY AS THAT SMOKE DECREASES FROM WEST TO EAST, THE WIND WILL ALSO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE NOTICEABLE TOO, OUT OF A GENERALLY SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. SOME GUSTS ABOVE THE 20 MILE PER HOUR MARK HERE TOMORROW, AS WE GET GOING ON THE NEW WORKWEEK, SKIES ARE PRETTY QUIET RIGHT NOW. OUTSIDE OBVIOUSLY CAN’T REALLY SEE THE SMOKE, BUT IT IS STILL THERE. HERE AT NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE IS CLOSE BY TO THE EAST. KIND OF A BROAD, QUIET AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST. OFF TO OUR WEST, OUT OVER TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS AND THE PLAINS. WE’VE GOT MORE ACTION IN THAT DIRECTION. THERE’S GOING TO BE A SYSTEM THAT TAKES SHAPE. THERE’S OUR COLD FRONT THAT’S GOING TO BRING US THE RAIN ON TUESDAY, PARKED OVER THE PLAINS UP TOWARDS THE DAKOTAS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE OUR DIRECTION. IT WILL PUSH OUT WHATEVER RESIDUAL SMOKE IS STILL LEFT. IN THE MEANTIME, AIR QUALITY LOCALLY GOOD TO MODERATE. MOST OF THE SMOKE WE HAVE IS ALOFT. IT’S BEEN TOWARDS THE GROUND LEVEL, THOUGH. IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA HERE EARLIER TODAY, THERE’S SOME QUITE HAZY CONDITIONS UP THAT DIRECTION. WATCH AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. THE SMOKE ALOFT DOESN’T QUITE CLEAR OUT HERE JUST YET. THOSE HOT COLORS ARE STILL AROUND, BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW, WE START TO PUSH THIS PLUME OF SMOKE OFF TO THE EAST AND THINGS WILL IMPROVE. NOW OUR SKIES WILL BE PRETTY QUIET TOMORROW. A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS MODEL I’M SHOWING YOU HERE IS TRIED TO SPIT OUT AN ISOLATED STORM IN NORTHWEST IOWA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. I THINK FOR THE MOST PART WE’LL BE DRY, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME STORMS THAT TRY TO BLOSSOM, MAINLY OUT TOWARDS MISSOURI WHERE THIS OR EXCUSE ME, NEBRASKA, WHERE THIS FRONT WILL BE TOWARDS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE MIGHT SEE A STORM AS SOON AS PROBABLY NOT MIDNIGHT AT THE EARLIEST. AS WE GO TOWARDS MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING, CLOUDS WILL BE CERTAINLY INCREASING THOUGH, AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE WEE HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP, MIGHT BE AWAKENED BY SOME LIGHTNING, SOME THUNDER, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF SOME HAIL. POSSIBLE TOO, AS SOME OF THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. STILL AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT, THE FRONT TAKES ITS TIME CROSSING IOWA AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. HERE’S MIDDAY LUNCHTIME, SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOTS OF CLOUDS AS WELL, SO OUR TEMPERATURES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO START THE DAY AND THEN GO DOWN BASICALLY FROM 70 TO 60 INTO THE AFTERNOON. WHEN THAT FRONT GETS TO EASTERN IOWA, KIND OF PEAK HEATING. THREE 4:00 THERE MIGHT BE THE CHANCE OF ANOTHER ISOLATED STORM, A STRONGER STORM THAT DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THAT BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN AND INTO EASTERN IOWA. AND MAYBE ANOTHER ISOLATED, LARGER HAILSTONE, OR MAYBE A WIND GUST, MORE LIKELY. AND THEN THE FRONT CLEARS OUT FULLY. THE RAIN IS GONE. THE CLOUDS GO TO. AND BY WEDNESDAY WE’RE BACK TO ACTUALLY PRETTY PLEASANT WEATHER FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WORKWEEK. SUNSHINE. NO HUMIDITY, AT LEAST NOTHING REALLY BAD. AND WE WON’T HAVE ANY OF THAT SMOKE, AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. RAINFALL POTENTIAL STILL LOOKS A GOOD BET. WE’RE GOING TO SEE AROUND AN INCH OR SOME PLACES MORE. IT’S GOING TO VARY, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE’RE DEALING WITH THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THERE’S SOME GOOD POTENTIAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE AS WE GET THROUGH THIS SYSTEM. ON TUESDAY, REST OF THE WEEK, TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 70S. WE EVENTUALLY START TO CREEP BACK UP TOWARDS THE 80 DEGREE MARK. BEST SHOT AT RAIN IS OBVIOUSLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AND THEN LATER ON THIS WEEK WE HAVE SOME SPORADIC POSSIBILITIES OF SOME SHOWERS, ISOLATED RAIN CHANCES ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. NEXT BEST CHANCE I
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Updated: 10:40 PM CDT Jun 1, 2025
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Iowa weather: Haze gives way to rain early this week

Hot and hazy conditions will persist today as wildfire smoke remains overhead with highs reaching the mid-80s.

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Updated: 10:40 PM CDT Jun 1, 2025
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Smoke, then rain are still the main stories heading into the first week of June.Air quality worsened this afternoon in western/northwest Iowa as surface-level smoke moved into that area from the Dakotas. High pressure over the region has also likely helped some of the smoke sink to the ground.Beat the heat with a sweet treat. Check out our list of tasty ice cream shops around central IowaInteractive Radar | Weather Alerts The main smoke plume will persist over Iowa tonight, then finally drift eastward during the day Monday.Decreasing haze should allow temperatures to rise more tomorrow. Highs in the mid-80s are expected with winds becoming breezier from the south up to 25 mph. Rain remains on track for Tuesday. The first showers and storms will spread in from the west after midnight Tuesday morning, followed by waves of rain through the rest of the day. These will accompany a slow-moving cold front sliding southeast across Iowa. As this front travels through, temperatures will cool from 70s to 60s during Tuesday afternoon. A few stronger storms remain possible Tuesday afternoon ahead of the front. The most likely area is southeast of a line from Cedar Rapids to Lamoni. This part of southeast Iowa might see some isolated larger hail or strong wind gusts. Statewide, a good soaking of around an inch of rain still looks likely — with the usual caveats that rainfall will vary wherever thunderstorms move through. Des Moines forecastToday: Sunny. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. High around 86F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.Tonight: A clear sky. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. Low 62F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.Tomorrow: Sunshine and some clouds. High 88F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.Tomorrow Night: Partly cloudy early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms later during the night. Low 68F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph

Smoke, then rain are still the main stories heading into the first week of June.

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Air quality worsened this afternoon in western/northwest Iowa as surface-level smoke moved into that area from the Dakotas. High pressure over the region has also likely helped some of the smoke sink to the ground.

Beat the heat with a sweet treat. Check out our list of tasty ice cream shops around central Iowa

Interactive Radar | Weather Alerts

The main smoke plume will persist over Iowa tonight, then finally drift eastward during the day Monday.

Decreasing haze should allow temperatures to rise more tomorrow. Highs in the mid-80s are expected with winds becoming breezier from the south up to 25 mph.

Rain remains on track for Tuesday.

The first showers and storms will spread in from the west after midnight Tuesday morning, followed by waves of rain through the rest of the day. These will accompany a slow-moving cold front sliding southeast across Iowa.

As this front travels through, temperatures will cool from 70s to 60s during Tuesday afternoon.

A few stronger storms remain possible Tuesday afternoon ahead of the front. The most likely area is southeast of a line from Cedar Rapids to Lamoni. This part of southeast Iowa might see some isolated larger hail or strong wind gusts.

Statewide, a good soaking of around an inch of rain still looks likely — with the usual caveats that rainfall will vary wherever thunderstorms move through.

Des Moines forecast

Today: Sunny. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. High around 86F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: A clear sky. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. Low 62F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

Tomorrow: Sunshine and some clouds. High 88F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.

Tomorrow Night: Partly cloudy early, with scattered showers and thunderstorms later during the night. Low 68F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph