Fort Dodge, IA Weather Forecast
Webster County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fort Dodge, 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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Fort Dodge, IA at a glance
Fort Dodge is home to about 24,591 people in Webster County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 21st by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Humboldt, 15 miles away.
- County
- Webster County
- Population
- 24,591 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,536
- Forecast point
- 42.5099°N, 94.1757°W
How well can the network see Fort Dodge?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,400 ft above Fort Dodge. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Fort Dodge can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KFOD (Fort Dodge Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fort Dodge
- Humboldt, IA15 mi
- Eagle Grove, IA18 mi
- Webster City, IA19 mi
- Clarion, IA27 mi
- Boone, IA35 mi
- Jefferson, IA36 mi
- Story City, IA37 mi
- Algona, IA39 mi
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