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New Liberty, Iowa Weather

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

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

New Liberty, IA
Saturday, July 4 at 1:24 PM
79
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
89°
Humidity
86%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
12:34 AM
Sunset
3:41 PM
New Liberty, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastNew Liberty, IA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 1 PM.
L 68°H 83°
New Liberty, IA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Heavy Showers
    53%
    0.36″
    83°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    10%
    84°68°+1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Mostly Clear
    79°63°-5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    80°61°+1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Thunderstorm
    21%
    82°64°+2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Showers
    38%
    78°68°-4°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    80°66°+2°
New Liberty, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
353° · veering 159°
Direction
N
353°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
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 7 · pk 20 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 134SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
New Liberty, IA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
986.5
+0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.13 inHg
Now
986.5
mb
3h
+0.5
mb
12h
+1.2
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 985988
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW988.0984.8986.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
New Liberty, IA
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
+7 in 6hPeak ~41 @ 11 PM

AQI 30 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 7 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 to 13.5 µg/m³.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
14μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneModerate
85μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~90%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
4.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 3 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 to 13.5 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.72
Wind
light
Recent rain
3h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
New Liberty, IA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
76%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
34.0mi
UNLIMITED
62 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
18:24 UTC · New Liberty, 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
18:24 UTC · New Liberty, IA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
New Liberty, IA
Satellite · infrared · animated
New Liberty, IA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
New Liberty, IA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:01 AM
Sunrise
12:34 AM
Daylight
15h 07m
Sunset
3:41 PM
Civil dusk
9:16 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
New Liberty, IA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
11:00 PM
Moonset
10:07 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
New Liberty, IA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

New Liberty at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 52765

16-Day Forecast — New Liberty

  1. Sat83°69°53%
  2. Sun84°68°10%
  3. Mon79°63°3%
  4. Tue80°61°2%
  5. Wed82°64°21%
  6. Thu78°68°38%
  7. Fri80°66°19%
  8. Sat72°61°16%
  9. Sun75°58°9%
  10. Mon74°58°7%
  11. Tue78°59°7%
  12. Wed77°58°10%
  13. Thu81°64°19%
  14. Fri75°67°19%
  15. Sat77°62°19%
  16. Sun74°58°29%

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 — New Liberty

SPC includes New Liberty 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 New Liberty

  • 52765

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.