Belle Plaine, IA Weather

Benton County4:07 PM CDT41.90°N, 92.28°WElevation 827 ft

Current conditions

Partly Sunny
75°
Partly Sunny
Feels like 75°
High 76°·Low 50°
WindS 5 mph
Humidity45%
Dew point52°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover52%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:34 AM
Sunset6:14 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Partly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly cloudy. Low around 50, with temperatures rising to around 52 overnight. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Monday

    Mostly cloudy. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. East wind around 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 8 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Sunny 75°
  2. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 75°
  3. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 71°
  4. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 68°
  5. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  6. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  7. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  8. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  9. Mon12 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  10. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 55°
  11. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 55°
  12. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 54°
  13. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 53°
  14. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 52°
  15. 6 AM Mostly Cloudy 52°
  16. 7 AM Cloudy 51°
  17. 8 AM Cloudy 50°
  18. 9 AM Mostly Cloudy 53°
  19. 10 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  20. 11 AM Mostly Cloudy 62°
  21. 12 PM Partly Sunny 65°
  22. 1 PM Partly Sunny 68°
  23. 2 PM Partly Sunny 70°
  24. 3 PM Partly Sunny 71°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°76°
  2. MonOct 26 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy51°72°
  3. TueOct 27 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy15%54°72°
  4. WedOct 28 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers55%53°75°
  5. ThuOct 29 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Showers And Thunderstorms Likely55%54°73°
  6. FriOct 30 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers44%55°76°
  7. SatOct 31 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely59%52°71°
  8. SunNov 1 Cloudy Cloudy56°69°
  9. MonNov 2 Cloudy Cloudy54°63°
  10. TueNov 3 Rain Rain0.11 in51°58°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:34 AM
Sunset 6:14 PM
Daylight 10 h 40 min (−2 min 36 s tomorrow)
Full Moon · 100% lit
Moonrise 5:34 PM Moonset 6:59 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low58° / 36°
Record high88° (1927)
Record low19° (2006)
Wettest2.58 in (2021)
Month to date2.34 in (normal 2.25 in)

Belle Plaine, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in DVN, issued 10 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Unseasonably mild fall weather will continue through the work week with passing clouds and light winds.

- Mostly dry conditions are expected through Tuesday with rain chances gradually increasing as we head towards the end of the week.

Short Term

Issued at 1248 AM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

Today is going to be another unseasonably mild day with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s as a dry cold front stalls out near the Highway 20 corridor. A 1038 mb Canadian high pressure will eventually push the boundary further south towards the Highway 34 corridor overnight tonight, but the limited dry air behind the front is expected to keep lows in the upper 40s to mid-50s.

Heading into Monday, a low pressure will deepen across the Central Plains as a shortwave trough lifts into the Dakotas. With easterly flow across much of the CWA, some slightly cooler air advects in from the Great Lakes with highs in the upper 60s to mid-70s. By Monday night, the low pressure skirts off to the north-northeast into the southern Minnesota and pulls the boundary near Highway 34 northward. A narrow band of mid-level moisture from the tropical Pacific could support spotty rain showers (< 10% coverage).

Long Term

Issued at 1248 AM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

Tuesday-Thursday...The next shortwave trough rotates into the Northern Plains, spawning another low pressure system across the Dakotas. Diffluent flow ahead of a jet streak in the base of this trough is expected to slowly deepen this new low as it treks into Minnesota and southern Ontario Tuesday night into Wednesday. A weak cold front will slide into Iowa, but similar to today, it will stall out across the state heading into Wednesday night. Lingering moisture from the Pacific though keeps isolated PoPs (20-40%) around Wednesday into Thursday.

Friday-Saturday...Another weak trough in the subtropical jet stream is pulled northward into the Central Plains by a longwave trough digging into the western CONUS. A sense of deju vu sets in on Friday with surface cyclogenesis occurring along the Front Range of the Rockies and easterly surface flow returning with a high pressure over the Great Lakes. By Saturday, the remnants of the boundary left across Iowa is lifted northward, and southerly flow returns. This will set the stage for a more active pattern going into the first days of November.

Aviation

Issued at 603 AM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

VFR conditions are expected through the next 24hours with light winds and high clouds moving over the area. A weak front will move southeast over the area late tonight, (early Monday), which will bring some light wind northeast winds north of Interstate 80. Dry air will keep any rain from falling from the mid and high cloud tonight around the front.

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