Fairfield, IA Weather

Jefferson County9:39 PM CDT41.01°N, 91.96°WElevation 774 ft

Current conditions

Clear
61°
Clear
Feels like 61°
High 76° Friday·Low 51° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity79%
Dew point54°
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:28 AM
Sunset6:18 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Thursday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 76.

  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 61°
  2. 10 PM Clear 60°
  3. 11 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  4. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  5. 1 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  6. 2 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  7. 3 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  8. 4 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  9. 5 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  10. 6 AM Sunny 52°
  11. 7 AM Sunny 51°
  12. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 52°
  13. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 56°
  14. 10 AM Sunny 62°
  15. 11 AM Sunny 67°
  16. 12 PM Sunny 71°
  17. 1 PM Sunny 73°
  18. 2 PM Sunny 75°
  19. 3 PM Sunny 76°
  20. 4 PM Sunny 76°
  21. 5 PM Sunny 74°
  22. 6 PM Mostly Clear 71°
  23. 7 PM Mostly Clear 68°
  24. 8 PM Mostly Clear 65°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny49°74°
  2. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny51°77°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny54°76°
  4. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny53°75°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny53°76°
  6. MonOct 26 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy20%49°71°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers20%47°64°
  8. WedOct 28 Showers Showers0.24 in49°69°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.56 in40°61°
  10. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny37°59°

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 7:28 AM
Sunset 6:18 PM
Daylight 10 h 50 min (−2 min 34 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 89% lit
Moonrise 4:23 PM Moonset 3:32 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 39°
Record high88° (1899)
Record low22° (1976)
Wettest2.09 in (1979)
Yesterday71° / 45°
Month to date3.31 in (normal 2.13 in)

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

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