Bentley, Iowa Weather
Lesser ripening, greater heat. Day 89 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Bentley weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 15Overcast——78°54°—
- TuesdayJun 16Overcast——76°59°-2°
- WednesdayJun 17Overcast11%—80°62°+4°
- ThursdayJun 18Light Drizzle——71°55°-9°
- FridayJun 19Overcast——79°54°+8°
- SaturdayJun 20Heavy Drizzle59%0.06″70°63°-9°
- SundayJun 21Showers69%0.36″74°64°+4°
AQI 45 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.95
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
- Moonrise
- 7:01 AM
- Moonset
- 10:17 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
Lesser ripening, greater heat
Bentley at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 24 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
16-Day Forecast — Bentley
- Mon78°54°3%
- Tue76°59°9%
- Wed80°62°11%
- Thu71°55°2%
- Fri79°54°6%
- Sat70°63°59%
- Sun74°64°69%
- Mon70°55°24%
- Tue68°57°13%
- Wed76°58°22%
- Thu84°63°22%
- Fri74°55°21%
- Sat73°60°35%
- Sun82°65°29%
- Mon75°62°39%
- Tue80°58°32%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 16, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Bentley
SPC has placed Bentley in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Bentley
- 51559
- 51576