Fairfax, IA Weather Forecast
Linn County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fairfax, 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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Fairfax, IA at a glance
Fairfax is home to about 2,904 people in Linn County, across 3.4 square miles. It ranks 123rd by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Cedar Rapids, 6 miles away.
- County
- Linn County
- Population
- 2,904 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 864
- Forecast point
- 41.9255°N, 91.7778°W
How well can the network see Fairfax?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDVN (Davenport, IA), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,200 ft above Fairfax. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Fairfax can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCID (Cedar Rapids/E Iowa Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fairfax
- Cedar Rapids, IA6 mi
- Hiawatha, IA10 mi
- Robins, IA12 mi
- Marion, IA13 mi
- North Liberty, IA15 mi
- Tiffin, IA17 mi
- Solon, IA17 mi
- Center Point, IA18 mi
Elsewhere in Iowa
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