Carter Lake, IA Weather Forecast
Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Carter Lake, 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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Carter Lake, IA at a glance
Carter Lake is home to about 3,759 people in Pottawattamie County, across 1.8 square miles. It ranks 106th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Council Bluffs, 5 miles away.
- County
- Pottawattamie County
- Population
- 3,759 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,095
- Forecast point
- 41.2885°N, 95.9169°W
How well can the network see Carter Lake?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOAX (Omaha, NE), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above Carter Lake. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Carter Lake show up clearly. Carter Lake is closer to its radar than 80% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KOMA (Omaha/Eppley Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Carter Lake
- Council Bluffs, IA5 mi
- Omaha, NE7 mi
- Bellevue, NE9 mi
- Ralston, NE9 mi
- La Vista, NE11 mi
- Papillion, NE13 mi
- Gretna, NE18 mi
- Missouri Valley, IA19 mi
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