Crawfordsville, Iowa Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Crawfordsville weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——85°70°—
- MondayJul 6Clear——86°67°+1°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——83°64°-3°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast13%—84°67°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Showers49%0.14″80°70°-4°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle39%—81°67°+1°
- SaturdayJul 11Light Showers21%0.02″77°70°-4°
AQI 29 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Ozone at AQI 43 now. With UV 6.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 24 around 1 PM.
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 43 now. With UV 6.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 24 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 43
- UV peak
- 6.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 24
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.84
- Wind
- light
- 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).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:25 PM
- Moonset
- 11:18 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Crawfordsville at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 14°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 23 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 52621
16-Day Forecast — Crawfordsville
- Sun85°70°8%
- Mon86°67°1%
- Tue83°64°0%
- Wed84°67°13%
- Thu80°70°49%
- Fri81°67°39%
- Sat77°70°21%
- Sun84°67°8%
- Mon76°64°5%
- Tue75°57°4%
- Wed77°62°7%
- Thu78°62°20%
- Fri82°64°29%
- Sat85°67°23%
- Sun88°70°22%
- Mon88°71°28%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 5, 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 — Crawfordsville
SPC includes Crawfordsville in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
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 Crawfordsville
- 52621