Waterloo, IA Weather Forecast
Black Hawk County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Waterloo, 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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Waterloo, IA at a glance
Waterloo is home to about 66,606 people in Black Hawk County, across 62 square miles. It ranks 8th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Evansdale, 5 miles away.
- County
- Black Hawk County
- Population
- 66,606 2023 est.
- Land area
- 62 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,081
- Forecast point
- 42.4923°N, 92.3519°W
How well can the network see Waterloo?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 7,900 ft above Waterloo. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Waterloo can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KALO (Waterloo Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Waterloo
- Evansdale, IA5 mi
- Cedar Falls, IA6 mi
- Hudson, IA6 mi
- Jesup, IA15 mi
- Waverly, IA17 mi
- Independence, IA23 mi
- Grundy Center, IA23 mi
- Oelwein, IA26 mi
Elsewhere in Iowa
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