Storm Lake, IA Weather Forecast
Buena Vista County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Storm Lake, 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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Storm Lake, IA at a glance
Storm Lake is home to about 11,434 people in Buena Vista County, across 5.4 square miles. It ranks 37th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Cherokee, 20 miles away.
- County
- Buena Vista County
- Population
- 11,434 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,107
- Forecast point
- 42.6430°N, 95.1965°W
How well can the network see Storm Lake?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 9,400 ft above Storm Lake. At that range the beam overshoots the base of a storm. If a warning for Storm Lake looks unsupported on radar, trust the warning.
The closest weather station is KSLB (Storm Lake Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Storm Lake
- Cherokee, IA20 mi
- Spencer, IA35 mi
- Emmetsburg, IA42 mi
- Carroll, IA43 mi
- Denison, IA44 mi
- Milford, IA48 mi
- Sheldon, IA49 mi
- Humboldt, IA50 mi
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