Onawa, IA Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station

36°F
Feels Like 36°F  
Humidity 83% Dew Point 32°F Wind S 1 MPH Gusts 2 Barometer 30.42 in.772.7 mm
Report from a personal weather station 0.5 miles SW of central Onawa
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Point Forecast at a Glance

ThuNov 13
Thu Nov 13: Mostly Sunny, High 64F, Low 38F
64
38
FriNov 14
Fri Nov 14: Mostly Sunny, High 71F, Low 47F
71
47
SatNov 15
Sat Nov 15: Mostly Sunny, High 63F, Low 31F
63
31
SunNov 16
Sun Nov 16: Sunny, High 57F, Low 34F
57
34
MonNov 17
Mon Nov 17: Rain, High 52F, Low 32F
50%
52
32
TueNov 18
Tue Nov 18: Partly Sunny, High 46F, Low 30F
46
30
WedNov 19
Wed Nov 19: Partly Sunny, High 47F
47
 

7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

High temperatures start near 64°F, reaching 71°F before cooling to 46°F, then recovering to 47°F by week's end. Mostly dry conditions with only one day showing rain chances.

Climate Context

This week's forecast shows temperatures running 9°F above the historical average for November. Normal highs for this period are around 48°F with lows around 25°F.

This Date in Weather History

1933 - The first dust storm of the great dust bowl era of the 1930s occurred. The dust storm, which had spread from Montana to the Ohio Valley the day before, prevailed from Georgia to Maine resulting in a black rain over New York and a brown snow in Vermont. Parts of South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa reported zero visibility on the 12th. On the 13th, dust reduced the visibility to half a mile in Tennessee.

More on this and other weather history

Onawa, IA 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Thursday Nov 13

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Mostly Clear

Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.

Friday Nov 14

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Increasing Clouds

Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 47. South wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Nov 15

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Mostly Clear

Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday Nov 16

Sunny

Day: Sunny, with a high near 57. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. East southeast wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Monday Nov 17

Rain

Day: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. East wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Rain

Night: A chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. East wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Nov 18

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. East wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday Nov 19

Partly Sunny

Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. East southeast wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.


About Onawa, IA

Onawa is a city in, and the county seat of, Monona County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,906 at the time of the 2020 Census. It is the largest town on the Iowa side of the Missouri River between Council Bluffs and Sioux City.

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