Outdoor conditions in

Rock Falls

Iowa

Outdoor planning

Now
  1. 55°Rain Showers100% rain93% humidityGusts 7 mph
  2. 55°Rain Showers95% rain93% humidityGusts 13 mph
  3. 55°Rain Showers91% rain90% humidityGusts 18 mph
  4. 55°Rain Showers91% rain83% humidityGusts 22 mph
  5. 55°Rain Showers83% rain80% humidityGusts 23 mph
  6. 54°Rain Showers Likely69% rain80% humidityGusts 23 mph
  7. 51°Rain Showers Likely58% rain86% humidityGusts 23 mph
  8. 48°Chance Rain Showers45% rain96% humidityGusts 24 mph
  9. 48°Slight Chance Rain Showers24% rain93% humidityGusts 25 mph
  10. 47°Mostly Cloudy3% rain86% humidityGusts 30 mph
  11. 46°Mostly Cloudy3% rain83% humidityGusts 29 mph
  12. 45°Partly Cloudy2% rain82% humidityGusts 26 mph
  13. 44°Mostly Cloudy1% rain82% humidityGusts 26 mph
  14. 44°Mostly Cloudy2% rain86% humidityGusts 28 mph
  15. 43°Mostly Cloudy8% rain89% humidityGusts 28 mph
  16. 43°Cloudy12% rain93% humidityGusts 28 mph
  17. 42°Slight Chance Rain Showers19% rain96% humidityGusts 31 mph
  18. 42°Slight Chance Rain Showers19% rain96% humidityGusts 32 mph
  19. 42°Chance Rain Showers27% rain96% humidityGusts 33 mph
  20. 40°Slight Chance Rain Showers24% rain100% humidityGusts 37 mph
  21. 44°Slight Chance Rain Showers16% rain100% humidityGusts 38 mph
  22. 46°Slight Chance Rain Showers15% rain93% humidityGusts 40 mph
  23. 48°Cloudy7% rain80% humidityGusts 39 mph
  24. 49°Cloudy2% rain71% humidityGusts 38 mph
Extra care for

A little farther out

The next five days

Today

Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.

Rain
100%
Humidity
80–96%
Wind
30 mph
Fri

Friday looks breezy.

Rain
27%
Humidity
54–100%
Wind
40 mph
Sat

Saturday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
0%
Humidity
43–100%
Wind
23 mph
Sun

Sunday looks breezy.

Rain
0%
Humidity
43–89%
Wind
26 mph
Mon

Monday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
0%
Humidity
47–100%
Wind
12 mph
  1. 56° / 46°Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.100% rain · Humidity 80–96% · Wind 30 mph
  2. 51° / 37°Friday looks breezy.27% rain · Humidity 54–100% · Wind 40 mph
  3. 57° / 29°Saturday looks fairly quiet.0% rain · Humidity 43–100% · Wind 23 mph
  4. 64° / 40°Sunday looks breezy.0% rain · Humidity 43–89% · Wind 26 mph
  5. 67° / 43°Monday looks fairly quiet.0% rain · Humidity 47–100% · Wind 12 mph

Environmental watch

Air quality + smoke

Air quality

Waterloo area · Updated Thu 12:26 PM
4GoodUS AQI

Good through Today.

Sky check

No plume detected overhead

Satellite view · Updated Thu 7:45 AM

Air near ground4 · Good US AQI

Rain, in motion · Past four hours

Rock Falls radar

Radar animation for Rock Falls, covering the past four hours. A marked spot changes the map view, not the forecast on this page.

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
93%
Wind
5 mph
Gusts
7 mph

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

Nearby regional view

Explore Mason City

About 9 miles away, the Mason City hub looks more deeply at Mason City, IA. It reflects that wider area rather than Rock Falls’s exact conditions.

About these readingsSources and local limits

Weather

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

Air quality

This reading describes Waterloo area, about 60 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 Rock Falls, 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.