Harlan, IA Weather Forecast
Shelby County, Iowa
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The next few hours
A dry overnight, mostly sunny
It is 24°, but the wind is taking it down to 18° on exposed skin. The sky is mostly sunny.
The wind turns to the east-northeast around 6 PM. 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 25°. Tomorrow tops out near 44°.
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
23–58°F across the weekThe week runs between 22° and 58°, with Thursday the warmest day of it. The second half leans warming, and today is the coolest day in it. Thursday is the wettest day, peaking near 31%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Harlan, IA at a glance
Harlan is home to about 4,891 people in Shelby County, across 4.4 square miles. It ranks 88th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Atlantic, 24 miles away.
- County
- Shelby County
- Population
- 4,891 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,107
- Forecast point
- 41.6495°N, 95.3268°W
How well can the network see Harlan?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOAX (Omaha, NE), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,400 ft above Harlan. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Harlan can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KHNR (Harlan Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Harlan
- Atlantic, IA24 mi
- Denison, IA25 mi
- Missouri Valley, IA30 mi
- Carroll, IA38 mi
- Carter Lake, IA39 mi
- Council Bluffs, IA39 mi
- Blair, NE42 mi
- Red Oak, IA44 mi
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