Algona, IA Weather Forecast
Kossuth County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Algona, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Algona, IA at a glance
Algona is home to about 5,342 people in Kossuth County, across 4.6 square miles. It ranks 79th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Emmetsburg, 23 miles away.
- County
- Kossuth County
- Population
- 5,342 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,153
- Forecast point
- 43.0763°N, 94.2317°W
How well can the network see Algona?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 9,100 ft above Algona. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Algona looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KAXA (Algona Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Algona
- Emmetsburg, IA23 mi
- Humboldt, IA24 mi
- Garner, IA32 mi
- Forest City, IA32 mi
- Eagle Grove, IA33 mi
- Clarion, IA35 mi
- Estherville, IA38 mi
- Fort Dodge, IA39 mi
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