Mason City, IA Weather Forecast
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Mason City, 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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Mason City, IA at a glance
Mason City is home to about 26,906 people in Cerro Gordo County, across 28 square miles. It ranks 18th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Clear Lake, 9 miles away.
- County
- Cerro Gordo County
- Population
- 26,906 2023 est.
- Land area
- 28 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 966
- Forecast point
- 43.1486°N, 93.1998°W
How well can the network see Mason City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the SSW. Its lowest scan passes about 9,800 ft above Mason City. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Mason City looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KMCW (Mason City Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Mason City
- Clear Lake, IA9 mi
- Garner, IA21 mi
- Osage, IA22 mi
- Forest City, IA23 mi
- Charles City, IA27 mi
- Hampton, IA28 mi
- Albert Lea, MN36 mi
- Austin, MN38 mi
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