Ames, IA Weather Forecast
Story County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ames, 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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Ames, IA at a glance
Ames is home to about 65,686 people in Story County, across 28 square miles. It ranks 9th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Nevada, 8 miles away.
- County
- Story County
- Population
- 65,686 2023 est.
- Land area
- 28 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,329
- Forecast point
- 42.0263°N, 93.6213°W
How well can the network see Ames?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Ames. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Ames show up clearly. Ames is closer to its radar than 83% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KAMW (Ames Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Ames
- Nevada, IA8 mi
- Huxley, IA9 mi
- Story City, IA11 mi
- Boone, IA13 mi
- Madrid, IA15 mi
- Polk City, IA18 mi
- Ankeny, IA20 mi
- Johnston, IA24 mi
Elsewhere in Iowa
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