Weather in Bankston, Iowa
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Bankston, IA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:56 PM
78
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
51%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Sunset
8:19 PM
Bankston, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
69°
6p
67°
7p
65°
8p
62°
9p
62°
10p
58°
30%
11p
58°
15%
12a
57°
1a
58°
2a
57°
3a
57°
4a
55°
5a
55°
6a
56°
7a
59°
8a
62°
9a
66°
10a
69°
11a
72°
12p
74°
1p
78°
2p
79°
3p
80°
4p
80°
5p
Bankston, IA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Rain78%80°60°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain40%79°63°
- MondayMay 18Thunderstorm68%79°64°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Showers75%70°49°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—57°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—62°38°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—63°47°
Bankston, IA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Bankston, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NE
048° · veering 172°
Direction
NE
048°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 7
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Bankston, IA
Air quality
61
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 3.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 5.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 105.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.8 Low
Bankston, IA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:10 AM
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Daylight
14h 39m
Sunset
8:19 PM
Civil dusk
1:53 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Bankston, IA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:01 AM
- Moonset
- 12:33 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Bankston, IA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Bankston at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 1 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 16, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).