Does Weather Story have a forecast for every city in Iowa?

Weather Story has forecasts for 1,024 cities and towns across Iowa. Each page shows hour-by-hour outlook, NOAA radar, GOES-19 satellite imagery, air quality, and climate normals.

Where does Iowa weather data come from on Weather Story?

Open-Meteo for forecasts (a public NWS/ECMWF aggregator), NOAA NESDIS/STAR for satellite imagery, RainViewer for radar, Copernicus CAMS for air quality, and NOAA Climate Normals for the 30-year baselines.

How often does Iowa weather data update?

Forecasts refresh every 10 minutes for all Iowa city pages. Radar tiles update every 5 minutes. GOES-19 satellite updates every 5–10 minutes depending on the sector.

Is Weather Story free for Iowa weather?

Yes. Built on open data sources with no ads, no tracking, and no app required. Renders the same forecast in a long-read format optimized for desktop and mobile.

Iowa Weather

Right now in Iowa

79°F

Clear

Observed at Des Moines (the largest city by population in Iowa, used as a state-wide proxy). For per-city forecasts, see the city grid below.

Climate at a glance

Iowa covers two distinct climate zones across 1,024 cities and towns. Predominantly warm-summer humid continental (87% of cities), with humid subtropical pockets (13%).

The state spans roughly 3.1° of latitude (40.4° N to 43.5° N), from Keokuk in the south to New Albin in the north. Des Moines is the largest city by population.

Zone	Cities	%
warm-summer humid continental	895	87.4%
humid subtropical	129	12.6%

Microseason · June 1–5 · Plains Continental

Prairie lightning bugs rise

Fireflies emerge across open grasslands and oak savanna edges, their bioluminescence visible in twilight above milkweed and clover.

Read this microseason across nine climate regions → · See all 72 microseasons

Microseason content for Iowa is drawn from the Plains Continental corpus (87% of the state's cities sit in this region).

All cities in Iowa

1,024 cities & towns