Garden City, Iowa Weather
Toward the solstice glow. Day 86 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Garden City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 13Drizzle38%0.07″76°62°—
- SundayJun 14Overcast——70°53°-6°
- MondayJun 15Overcast——72°53°+2°
- TuesdayJun 16Drizzle20%0.02″78°54°+6°
- WednesdayJun 17Drizzle42%0.01″73°56°-5°
- ThursdayJun 18Overcast24%—73°55°0°
- FridayJun 19Mostly Clear14%—74°49°+1°
AQI 27 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 7.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.5 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 7.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.96
- 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
- 3:48 AM
- Moonset
- —
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Toward the solstice glow
Garden City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 11–15
- Planting window: Prune spring-blooming shrubs after flowers fade.
15-Day Forecast — Garden City
- Sat76°62°38%
- Sun70°53°2%
- Mon72°53°5%
- Tue78°54°20%
- Wed73°56°42%
- Thu73°55°24%
- Fri74°49°14%
- Sat79°60°31%
- Sun69°62°31%
- Mon71°57°22%
- Tue67°56°15%
- Wed80°66°23%
- Thu73°63°23%
- Fri69°56°20%
- Sat72°54°26%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 13, 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 — Garden City
SPC has placed Garden City in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.
- TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
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.
ZIP codes in Garden City
- 50102
- 50230