Forest City, IA Weather Forecast
Winnebago County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Forest City, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A dry morning, clear
It is 41°, but the wind is taking it down to 38° on exposed skin. The sky is clear.
The wind backs into the southwest around noon, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Quiet through the next day and a half
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 43°. Tomorrow reaches 51°, 9° cooler than today.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
23–60°F across the weekThe week runs between 23° and 60°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Every day in the outlook stays dry.
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Forest City, IA at a glance
Forest City is home to about 4,272 people in Winnebago County, across 4.6 square miles. It ranks 99th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Garner, 11 miles away.
- County
- Winnebago County
- Population
- 4,272 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 931
- Forecast point
- 43.2571°N, 93.6366°W
How well can the network see Forest City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 10,400 ft above Forest City. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Forest City looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KFXY (Forest City Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Forest City
- Garner, IA11 mi
- Clear Lake, IA16 mi
- Mason City, IA23 mi
- Albert Lea, MN31 mi
- Algona, IA32 mi
- Blue Earth, MN35 mi
- Clarion, IA37 mi
- Osage, IA42 mi
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