Winterset, IA Weather Forecast
Madison County, Iowa
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Winterset, 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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Winterset, IA at a glance
Winterset is home to about 5,374 people in Madison County, across 4.7 square miles. It ranks 77th by population of 139 places in Iowa with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Adel, 18 miles away.
- County
- Madison County
- Population
- 5,374 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,142
- Forecast point
- 41.3499°N, 94.0181°W
How well can the network see Winterset?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDMX (Des Moines, IA), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Winterset. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Winterset show up clearly. Winterset is closer to its radar than 70% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDSM (Des Moines Intl). Far enough that current conditions for Winterset are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Winterset
- Adel, IA18 mi
- Waukee, IA18 mi
- West Des Moines, IA18 mi
- Norwalk, IA19 mi
- Clive, IA21 mi
- Urbandale, IA23 mi
- Indianola, IA23 mi
- Windsor Heights, IA24 mi
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