Council Bluffs, IA Weather Forecast
Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Council Bluffs, 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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Council Bluffs, IA at a glance
Council Bluffs is home to about 62,399 people in Pottawattamie County, across 43 square miles. It ranks 10th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Carter Lake, 5 miles away.
- County
- Pottawattamie County
- Population
- 62,399 2023 est.
- Land area
- 43 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,452
- Forecast point
- 41.2360°N, 95.8532°W
How well can the network see Council Bluffs?
The nearest Doppler radar is KOAX (Omaha, NE), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Council Bluffs. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Council Bluffs show up clearly. Council Bluffs is closer to its radar than 74% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCBF (Council Bluffs Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Council Bluffs
- Carter Lake, IA5 mi
- Bellevue, NE6 mi
- Ralston, NE10 mi
- Omaha, NE11 mi
- La Vista, NE12 mi
- Papillion, NE13 mi
- Glenwood, IA14 mi
- Plattsmouth, NE16 mi
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