Cresco, IA Weather Forecast
Howard County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Cresco, 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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Cresco, IA at a glance
Cresco is home to about 3,897 people in Howard County, across 3.3 square miles. It ranks 104th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Decorah, 17 miles away.
- County
- Howard County
- Population
- 3,897 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,167
- Forecast point
- 43.3717°N, 92.1163°W
How well can the network see Cresco?
The nearest Doppler radar is KARX (La Crosse, WI), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Cresco. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Cresco can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KDEH (Decorah Muni). Far enough that current conditions for Cresco are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Cresco
- Decorah, IA17 mi
- New Hampton, IA24 mi
- Chatfield, MN33 mi
- Waukon, IA33 mi
- Charles City, IA35 mi
- Osage, IA35 mi
- Caledonia, MN36 mi
- Stewartville, MN39 mi
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