Outdoor conditions in

Rochester

Iowa
Now
  1. 60°Rain Showers85% rain100% humidityGusts 9 mph
  2. 60°Rain Showers93% rain100% humidityGusts 8 mph
  3. 60°Rain Showers88% rain100% humidityGusts 8 mph
  4. 61°Rain Showers Likely72% rain100% humidityGusts 8 mph
  5. 61°Rain Showers Likely68% rain100% humidityGusts 8 mph
  6. 61°Rain Showers Likely71% rain100% humidityGusts 12 mph
  7. 61°Rain Showers Likely61% rain97% humidityGusts 16 mph
  8. 59°Chance Rain Showers27% rain96% humidityGusts 21 mph
  9. 57°Slight Chance Rain Showers17% rain93% humidityGusts 23 mph
  10. 55°Cloudy9% rain93% humidityGusts 25 mph
  11. 54°Cloudy5% rain90% humidityGusts 28 mph
  12. 53°Mostly Cloudy4% rain89% humidityGusts 26 mph
  13. 52°Mostly Cloudy2% rain93% humidityGusts 25 mph
  14. 51°Mostly Cloudy1% rain93% humidityGusts 25 mph
  15. 50°Mostly Cloudy0% rain86% humidityGusts 26 mph
  16. 49°Partly Cloudy0% rain80% humidityGusts 26 mph
  17. 48°Partly Cloudy0% rain80% humidityGusts 28 mph
  18. 47°Partly Cloudy0% rain83% humidityGusts 26 mph
  19. 47°Partly Sunny0% rain86% humidityGusts 26 mph
  20. 47°Partly Sunny9% rain86% humidityGusts 26 mph
  21. 46°Mostly Cloudy7% rain93% humidityGusts 28 mph
  22. 48°Mostly Cloudy9% rain89% humidityGusts 30 mph
  23. 50°Mostly Cloudy10% rain86% humidityGusts 32 mph
  24. 50°Slight Chance Rain Showers19% rain86% humidityGusts 32 mph
Extra care for

A little farther out

The next five days

Today

Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.

Rain
93%
Humidity
89–100%
Wind
28 mph
Fri

Friday looks breezy.

Rain
28%
Humidity
66–93%
Wind
33 mph
Sat

Saturday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
0%
Humidity
43–92%
Wind
10 mph
Sun

Sunday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
0%
Humidity
40–85%
Wind
18 mph
Mon

Monday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
0%
Humidity
47–93%
Wind
8 mph
  1. 61° / 53°Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.93% rain · Humidity 89–100% · Wind 28 mph
  2. 53° / 43°Friday looks breezy.28% rain · Humidity 66–93% · Wind 33 mph
  3. 56° / 34°Saturday looks fairly quiet.0% rain · Humidity 43–92% · Wind 10 mph
  4. 66° / 39°Sunday looks fairly quiet.0% rain · Humidity 40–85% · Wind 18 mph
  5. 67° / 44°Monday looks fairly quiet.0% rain · Humidity 47–93% · Wind 8 mph

Environmental watch

Air quality + smoke

Air quality

Muscatine area · Updated Thu 11:26 AM
16GoodUS AQI

No fresh outlook yet.

Sky check

No plume detected overhead

Satellite view · Updated Thu 7:45 AM

Air near ground16 · Good US AQI

Rain, in motion · Past four hours

Rochester radar

Ready when you areSee what is moving toward Rochester.

Watch the last four hours of rain, then search any nearby trail, lake, or address.

View the official forecast ↗

Outdoor fire check

Thinking about a backyard fire?

Use extra caution.

There is no lower-concern three-hour stretch in the next 12 hours.

Next 12 hoursChoose a time to see what is driving the concern.
Selected timeNowUse caution

Thunder is possible.

Humidity
100%
Wind
5 mph
Gusts
9 mph

Check local rules. Weather is only part of the decision. Check city, county, and land-manager fire restrictions before lighting any outdoor fire.

About these readingsSources and local limits

Weather

Forecasts, alerts, and radar come from NOAA and the National Weather Service.

Air quality

This reading describes Muscatine area, about 18 miles away. Conditions can differ at this exact spot.

Smoke

Satellite imagery shows smoke overhead. It cannot tell us how much smoke has reached breathing level.

This page represents Rochester, IA, so conditions can vary from street to street. Environmental data: AirNow · participating air agencies · preliminary real-time US AQI · NOAA Hazard Mapping System · satellite-observed smoke.