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Unionville, Iowa Weather

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

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

Unionville, IA
Saturday, July 4 at 3:20 PM
87
°
Overcast
Feels like
93°
Humidity
49%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
12:44 AM
Sunset
3:45 PM
Unionville, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastUnionville, IA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 70°H 87°
Unionville, IA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Showers
    33%
    0.18″
    87°70°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    18%
    87°70°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    10%
    80°67°-7°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    83°63°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    13%
    86°64°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Showers
    34%
    0.01″
    80°71°-6°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    82°66°+2°
Unionville, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
276° · veering 61°
Direction
W
276°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 6
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 6 · pk 24 @ 5:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 206SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Unionville, IA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
981.0
-1.6 mb in 3h · falling · 28.97 inHg
Now
981.0
mb
3h
-1.6
mb
12h
+1.0
mb
24h
+0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 980983
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW982.8979.7981.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Unionville, IA
Air quality
35
AQI
Good
+5 in 6hPeak ~41 @ 11 PM

AQI 35 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 44 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy 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
5.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
94μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 44 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 44
UV peak
2.7 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 44

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.0 µg/m³ (AQI 28) 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
Unionville, IA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
98%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
79.7mi
UNLIMITED
81 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 · Unionville, 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 · Unionville, IA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Unionville, IA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Unionville, IA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Unionville, IA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:12 AM
Sunrise
12:44 AM
Daylight
15h 01m
Sunset
3:45 PM
Civil dusk
9:20 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Unionville, IA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
11:06 PM
Moonset
10:16 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Unionville, IA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Unionville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 21 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 52594

16-Day Forecast — Unionville

  1. Sat87°70°33%
  2. Sun87°70°18%
  3. Mon80°67°10%
  4. Tue83°63°2%
  5. Wed86°64°13%
  6. Thu80°71°34%
  7. Fri82°66°29%
  8. Sat72°60°9%
  9. Sun76°59°8%
  10. Mon77°58°7%
  11. Tue78°58°8%
  12. Wed81°57°19%
  13. Thu83°64°16%
  14. Fri82°66°16%
  15. Sat80°63°14%
  16. Sun75°59°26%

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 — Unionville

SPC includes Unionville 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 Unionville

  • 52594

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.