Outdoor conditions in

St. Lucas

Iowa

Outdoor planning

Now
  1. 54°Rain Showers99% rain100% humidityGusts 7 mph
  2. 55°Rain Showers92% rain96% humidityGusts 9 mph
  3. 55°Rain Showers95% rain96% humidityGusts 10 mph
  4. 55°Rain Showers87% rain96% humidityGusts 13 mph
  5. 54°Rain Showers81% rain93% humidityGusts 16 mph
  6. 54°Rain Showers Likely74% rain86% humidityGusts 21 mph
  7. 52°Rain Showers Likely60% rain89% humidityGusts 23 mph
  8. 49°Chance Rain Showers46% rain100% humidityGusts 23 mph
  9. 48°Chance Rain Showers42% rain100% humidityGusts 22 mph
  10. 47°Slight Chance Rain Showers19% rain100% humidityGusts 21 mph
  11. 46°Cloudy9% rain100% humidityGusts 23 mph
  12. 45°Mostly Cloudy3% rain100% humidityGusts 24 mph
  13. 44°Partly Cloudy1% rain93% humidityGusts 24 mph
  14. 43°Mostly Cloudy1% rain93% humidityGusts 24 mph
  15. 42°Mostly Cloudy2% rain96% humidityGusts 25 mph
  16. 43°Mostly Cloudy7% rain93% humidityGusts 25 mph
  17. 42°Mostly Cloudy11% rain100% humidityGusts 26 mph
  18. 43°Slight Chance Rain Showers15% rain100% humidityGusts 30 mph
  19. 43°Chance Rain Showers26% rain100% humidityGusts 32 mph
  20. 43°Chance Rain Showers38% rain100% humidityGusts 33 mph
  21. 46°Chance Rain Showers28% rain93% humidityGusts 35 mph
  22. 47°Chance Rain Showers26% rain86% humidityGusts 36 mph
  23. 47°Slight Chance Rain Showers21% rain83% humidityGusts 36 mph
  24. 48°Cloudy6% rain74% humidityGusts 36 mph
Extra care for

A little farther out

The next five days

Today

Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.

Rain
100%
Humidity
86–100%
Wind
23 mph
Fri

Friday looks breezy.

Rain
38%
Humidity
56–100%
Wind
36 mph
Sat

Saturday looks fairly quiet.

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

Sunday looks breezy.

Rain
0%
Humidity
44–89%
Wind
28 mph
Mon

Monday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
1%
Humidity
48–100%
Wind
15 mph
  1. 55° / 46°Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.100% rain · Humidity 86–100% · Wind 23 mph
  2. 50° / 36°Friday looks breezy.38% rain · Humidity 56–100% · Wind 36 mph
  3. 56° / 30°Saturday looks fairly quiet.0% rain · Humidity 43–100% · Wind 21 mph
  4. 62° / 40°Sunday looks breezy.0% rain · Humidity 44–89% · Wind 28 mph
  5. 65° / 43°Monday looks fairly quiet.1% rain · Humidity 48–100% · Wind 15 mph

Environmental watch

Air quality + smoke

Air quality

Waterloo area · Updated Thu 1:25 PM
7GoodUS AQI

Good through Today.

Sky check

No plume detected overhead

Satellite view · Updated Thu 7:45 AM

Air near ground7 · Good US AQI

Rain, in motion · Past four hours

St. Lucas radar

Radar animation for St. Lucas, 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
100%
Wind
2 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.

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 46 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 St. Lucas, 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.