Weather in Vail, Iowa
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Vail, IA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:53 PM
79
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
74°
Humidity
45%
Wind
16 mph
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Sunset
8:35 PM
Vail, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
78°
6p
77°
7p
74°
8p
72°
9p
71°
10p
67°
11p
66°
12a
65°
1a
62°
2a
60°
3a
58°
4a
55°
5a
53°
6a
54°
7a
64°
8a
71°
9a
77°
10a
81°
11a
84°
12p
86°
1p
88°
2p
89°
3p
90°
4p
92°
5p
Vail, IA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast20%81°55°
- SundayMay 17Thunderstorm70%79°62°
- MondayMay 18Showers97%77°58°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast97%58°46°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—61°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle—64°46°
- FridayMay 22Light Rain12%58°54°
Vail, IA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Vail, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ENE
061° · veering 109°
Direction
ENE
061°
Sustained
16
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 11
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Vail, IA
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 3.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 4.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 113.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.8 Low
Vail, IA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:28 AM
Sunrise
5:58 AM
Daylight
14h 37m
Sunset
8:35 PM
Civil dusk
2:08 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Vail, IA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:21 AM
- Moonset
- 12:50 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Vail, IA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Vail at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 28 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 16, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).