Weather in Waterville, Iowa
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows. Day 58 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Waterville, IA
Saturday, May 16 at 11:55 PM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
78°
Humidity
30%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Sunset
8:23 PM
Waterville, IA
Hour by hour · 24h
73°
6p
72°
7p
70°
8p
68°
12%
9p
62°
39%
10p
61°
37%
11p
61°
13%
12a
59°
16%
1a
59°
11%
2a
58°
3a
57°
4a
57°
5a
56°
6a
59°
7a
62°
8a
66°
9a
69°
10a
73°
11a
76°
12p
79°
1p
82°
2p
83°
3p
85°
4p
85°
5p
Waterville, IA
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Heavy Rain95%83°59°
- SundayMay 17Rain54%79°61°
- MondayMay 18Showers87%78°65°
- TuesdayMay 19Showers87%65°47°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—58°45°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—61°39°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle—58°49°
Waterville, IA
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Waterville, IA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
339° · veering 48°
Direction
NNW
339°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
35
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Waterville, IA
Air quality
53
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 5.2 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 7.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 101.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.9 Low
Waterville, IA
Almanac · Saturday, May 16
Flowers blooming in late autumn, a sure sign of a bad winter coming.
Civil dawn
10:08 AM
Sunrise
5:39 AM
Daylight
14h 44m
Sunset
8:23 PM
Civil dusk
1:57 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Waterville, IA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:00 AM
- Moonset
- 12:37 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Waterville, IA
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses Bloom Along the Shelter Rows
weather
Waterville at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 5 (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).