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Weather in Wallingford, Iowa

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wallingford, IA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:54 PM
80
°
Overcast
Feels like
73°
Humidity
18%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
8:37 PM
Wallingford, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
70°
14%
6p
73°
19%
7p
73°
12%
8p
73°
9p
69°
10p
68°
11p
66°
12a
64°
1a
61°
2a
59°
3a
57°
4a
55°
5a
52°
6a
53°
7a
60°
8a
66°
9a
72°
10a
77°
11a
82°
12p
84°
1p
87°
2p
89°
3p
88°
4p
85°
5p
L 52°H 89°
Wallingford, IA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Overcast
    82°50°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Thunderstorm
    53%
    71°60°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Light Showers
    95%
    67°54°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Light Rain
    95%
    53°44°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Overcast
    62°41°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Overcast
    65°46°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Heavy Drizzle
    11%
    56°53°
Wallingford, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
081° · backing 49°
Direction
E
081°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
21
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 21 @ 11:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Wallingford, IA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
965.1
+0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 28.50 inHg
Now
965.1
mb
3h
+0.7
mb
12h
-1.1
mb
24h
+3.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 960967
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Wallingford, IA
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
5.5 μg/m³
PM 10
7.5 μg/m³
NO₂
0.8 μg/m³
Ozone
112.0 μg/m³
UV Index
1.1 Low
Wallingford, IA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:22 AM
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Daylight
14h 44m
Sunset
8:37 PM
Civil dusk
2:11 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Wallingford, IA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
10:14 AM
Moonset
12:52 AM
In sign
♉︎ Taurus
Wallingford, IA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows

weather
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Wallingford at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 6 (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).

ZIP codes in Wallingford

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.