Creston, IA Weather Forecast
Union County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Creston, 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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Creston, IA at a glance
Creston is home to about 7,392 people in Union County, across 5.2 square miles. It ranks 55th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Winterset, 27 miles away.
- County
- Union County
- Population
- 7,392 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,425
- Forecast point
- 41.0603°N, 94.3647°W
How well can the network see Creston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,300 ft above Creston. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Creston can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCSQ (Creston Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Creston
- Winterset, IA27 mi
- Osceola, IA30 mi
- Atlantic, IA41 mi
- Clarinda, IA41 mi
- Adel, IA42 mi
- Waukee, IA44 mi
- Red Oak, IA45 mi
- West Des Moines, IA45 mi
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