Waukon, IA Weather Forecast
Allamakee County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Waukon, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A dry evening, clear
It is 47°, but the wind is taking it down to 42° on exposed skin. The sky is clear.
The wind backs into the southwest around 4 AM, 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
Dry and warming through tomorrow
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 34°. Tomorrow reaches 58°, 10° warmer than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
25–61°F across the weekThe week runs between 25° and 58°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. The second half leans cooling, and Thursday is the coolest day in it. Wednesday is the wettest day, peaking near 34%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Waukon, IA at a glance
Waukon is home to about 3,777 people in Allamakee County, across 2.8 square miles. It ranks 105th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Decorah, 16 miles away.
- County
- Allamakee County
- Population
- 3,777 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,330
- Forecast point
- 43.2685°N, 91.4785°W
How well can the network see Waukon?
The nearest Doppler radar is KARX (La Crosse, WI), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Waukon. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Waukon is closer to its radar than 55% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDEH (Decorah Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Waukon
- Decorah, IA16 mi
- Prairie du Chien, WI23 mi
- Caledonia, MN25 mi
- Cresco, IA33 mi
- Viroqua, WI36 mi
- Shelby, WI38 mi
- La Crescent, MN40 mi
- Boscobel, WI40 mi
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