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Mineola, Iowa Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Mineola, IA
Saturday, July 4 at 3:20 PM
83
°
Overcast
Feels like
89°
Humidity
58%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
12:55 AM
Sunset
3:58 PM
Mineola, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMineola, IA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 68°H 88°
Mineola, IA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    65%
    0.07″
    83°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Rain
    0.17″
    90°68°+7°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    84°66°-6°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    85°66°+1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    40%
    92°69°+7°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    49%
    0.11″
    83°68°-9°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Showers
    12%
    0.14″
    82°65°-1°
Mineola, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
301° · veering 79°
Direction
WNW
301°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 5
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 · pk 22 @ 8:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 104SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 79° from the wnw.
Mineola, IA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
978.7
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 28.90 inHg
Now
978.7
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
+4.2
mb
24h
+1.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 975980
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW979.8974.5978.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mineola, IA
Air quality
33
AQI
Good
0 in 6h

AQI 33 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 43 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
90μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
5.5 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 43

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.83 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.83
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mineola, IA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
67.1mi
UNLIMITED
63 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
20:20 UTC · Mineola, 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
20:20 UTC · Mineola, IA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mineola, IA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mineola, IA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mineola, IA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:23 AM
Sunrise
12:55 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
3:58 PM
Civil dusk
9:33 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mineola, IA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
11:19 PM
Moonset
10:28 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mineola, IA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mineola at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°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: 51554

16-Day Forecast — Mineola

  1. Sat85°69°65%
  2. Sun90°69°7%
  3. Mon84°66°2%
  4. Tue85°66°1%
  5. Wed92°69°40%
  6. Thu83°68°49%
  7. Fri82°65°12%
  8. Sat78°59°6%
  9. Sun79°60°7%
  10. Mon80°60°7%
  11. Tue80°62°4%
  12. Wed82°60°9%
  13. Thu90°66°16%
  14. Fri89°67°22%
  15. Sat79°63°26%
  16. Sun75°59°13%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Mineola

SPC includes Mineola in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Mineola

  • 51554

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.