Altoona, IA Weather Forecast
Polk County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Altoona, 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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Altoona, IA at a glance
Altoona is home to about 21,698 people in Polk County, across 12 square miles. It ranks 26th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pleasant Hill, 4 miles away.
- County
- Polk County
- Population
- 21,698 2023 est.
- Land area
- 12 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,828
- Forecast point
- 41.6464°N, 93.4786°W
How well can the network see Altoona?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 740 ft above Altoona. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Altoona show up clearly. Altoona is closer to its radar than 92% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIKV (Ankeny Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Altoona
- Pleasant Hill, IA4 mi
- Bondurant, IA4 mi
- Mitchellville, IA6 mi
- Des Moines, IA8 mi
- Ankeny, IA9 mi
- Carlisle, IA9 mi
- Windsor Heights, IA12 mi
- Johnston, IA13 mi
Elsewhere in Iowa
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