Grimes, IA Weather Forecast
Polk County, Iowa
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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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Grimes, IA at a glance
Grimes is home to about 16,362 people in Polk County, across 12 square miles. It ranks 29th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Urbandale, 3 miles away.
- County
- Polk County
- Population
- 16,362 2023 est.
- Land area
- 12 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,363
- Forecast point
- 41.6778°N, 93.8023°W
How well can the network see Grimes?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 270 ft above Grimes. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Grimes show up clearly. Grimes is closer to its radar than 98% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIKV (Ankeny Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Grimes
- Urbandale, IA3 mi
- Johnston, IA4 mi
- Clive, IA4 mi
- Windsor Heights, IA7 mi
- Waukee, IA7 mi
- Polk City, IA8 mi
- West Des Moines, IA9 mi
- Ankeny, IA11 mi
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