Ottumwa, IA Weather Forecast
Wapello County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ottumwa, 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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Ottumwa, IA at a glance
Ottumwa is home to about 25,252 people in Wapello County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 19th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bloomfield, 19 miles away.
- County
- Wapello County
- Population
- 25,252 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,572
- Forecast point
- 41.0223°N, 92.4233°W
How well can the network see Ottumwa?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 7,300 ft above Ottumwa. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Ottumwa can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KOOA (Oskaloosa Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Ottumwa
- Bloomfield, IA19 mi
- Albia, IA20 mi
- Oskaloosa, IA22 mi
- Fairfield, IA24 mi
- Centerville, IA31 mi
- Pella, IA37 mi
- Knoxville, IA41 mi
- Washington, IA42 mi
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