Ankeny, IA Weather Forecast
Polk County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ankeny, 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.
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Ankeny, IA at a glance
Ankeny is home to about 74,458 people in Polk County, across 32 square miles. It ranks 6th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Johnston, 7 miles away.
- County
- Polk County
- Population
- 74,458 2023 est.
- Land area
- 32 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,349
- Forecast point
- 41.7302°N, 93.6025°W
How well can the network see Ankeny?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 310 ft above Ankeny. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Ankeny show up clearly. Ankeny is closer to its radar than 98% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIKV (Ankeny Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Ankeny
- Johnston, IA7 mi
- Polk City, IA7 mi
- Bondurant, IA8 mi
- Altoona, IA9 mi
- Pleasant Hill, IA10 mi
- Windsor Heights, IA10 mi
- Des Moines, IA11 mi
- Grimes, IA11 mi
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