Westfield, Iowa Weather
Prairie lightning bugs rise. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Westfield weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Overcast18%—85°61°—
- ThursdayJun 4Light Drizzle57%0.02″76°66°-9°
- FridayJun 5Foggy20%—84°65°+8°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast20%—86°63°+2°
- SundayJun 7Drizzle39%—84°66°-2°
- MondayJun 8Overcast39%—86°68°+2°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast17%—89°70°+3°
Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. AQI up 27 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 76
- UV peak
- 2.3 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 76
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.86
- 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).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 4:30 AM
- Moonset
- 1:15 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Prairie lightning bugs rise
Westfield at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 3, 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 — Westfield
SPC has placed Westfield in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.
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Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.
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.