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Davis City, Iowa Weather

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Davis City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Davis City, IA
Sunday, July 5 at 8:35 PM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
84°
Humidity
63%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:50 AM
Sunset
3:49 PM
Davis City, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastDavis City, IA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 68°H 88°
Davis City, IA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    17%
    87°68°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Mostly Clear
    88°68°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    85°67°-3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    12%
    86°66°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Showers
    52%
    0.63″
    78°65°-8°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    32%
    0.30″
    81°68°+3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Showers
    22%
    0.38″
    84°70°+3°
Davis City, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
030° · veering 83°
Direction
NNE
030°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 5 mph
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
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
avg 5 mph · pk 15 mph @ 7:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 96SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 83° from the nne.
Davis City, IA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
980.6
-1.3 mb in 3h · falling · 28.96 inHg
Now
980.6
mb
3h
-1.3
mb
12h
-0.1
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 980984
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW983.5980.0980.6
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Davis City, IA
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
+7 in 6h

AQI 44 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 7.5 µg/m³ (AQI 42) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
81μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38 now. With UV 0.1 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.5 µg/m³ (AQI 42) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Davis City, IA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
57.9mi
UNLIMITED
77 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
01:35 UTC · Davis City, IA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
01:35 UTC · Davis City, IA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Davis City, IA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Davis City, IA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Davis City, IA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
12:50 AM
Daylight
14h 59m
Sunset
3:49 PM
Civil dusk
9:23 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Davis City, IA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
67% illuminated
Moonrise
11:56 PM
Moonset
12:36 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Davis City, IA
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Thunderheads boil and break at dusk

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Davis City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP code: 50065

16-Day Forecast — Davis City

  1. Sun87°68°17%
  2. Mon88°68°1%
  3. Tue85°67°0%
  4. Wed86°66°12%
  5. Thu78°65°52%
  6. Fri81°68°32%
  7. Sat84°70°22%
  8. Sun88°69°9%
  9. Mon94°70°3%
  10. Tue88°71°2%
  11. Wed80°65°7%
  12. Thu80°65°13%
  13. Fri83°68°35%
  14. Sat81°64°14%
  15. Sun81°64°26%
  16. Mon87°66°29%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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.

ZIP codes in Davis City

  • 50065

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.