Rock Rapids, IA Weather Forecast
Lyon County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rock Rapids, 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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Rock Rapids, IA at a glance
Rock Rapids is home to about 2,706 people in Lyon County, across 4.2 square miles. It ranks 133rd by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Luverne, 16 miles away.
- County
- Lyon County
- Population
- 2,706 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 643
- Forecast point
- 43.4267°N, 96.1664°W
How well can the network see Rock Rapids?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFSD (Sioux Falls, SD), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Rock Rapids. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Rock Rapids show up clearly. Rock Rapids is closer to its radar than 70% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLYV (Luverne Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Rock Rapids
- Luverne, MN16 mi
- Rock Valley, IA17 mi
- Sibley, IA21 mi
- Canton, SD23 mi
- Sheldon, IA24 mi
- Brandon, SD24 mi
- Sioux Center, IA24 mi
- Harrisburg, SD27 mi
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