Cedar Rapids, IA Weather Forecast
Linn County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cedar Rapids, 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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Cedar Rapids, IA at a glance
Cedar Rapids is home to about 135,958 people in Linn County, across 74 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fairfax, 6 miles away.
- County
- Linn County
- Population
- 135,958 2023 est.
- Land area
- 74 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,833
- Forecast point
- 41.9659°N, 91.6789°W
How well can the network see Cedar Rapids?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDVN (Davenport, IA), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,700 ft above Cedar Rapids. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Cedar Rapids can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCID (Cedar Rapids/E Iowa Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Cedar Rapids
- Fairfax, IA6 mi
- Hiawatha, IA6 mi
- Marion, IA7 mi
- Robins, IA8 mi
- Mount Vernon, IA13 mi
- Solon, IA14 mi
- North Liberty, IA16 mi
- Center Point, IA16 mi
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