Cedar Rapids, Iowa Weather
41.978, -91.665 · America/Chicago
Updated Oct 15, 4:00 AM | Source NOAA / National Weather Service
Current weather in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is 56°F / 13°C and slight chance rain showers with winds at 5 mph from the east. Humidity is 96%, with a 100% chance of precipitation today. The 7-day outlook shows highs of 52 to 73°F (11 to 23°C) and lows of 34 to 48°F (1 to 9°C). Warming trend through the week; rain is likely on 1 day.
Current conditions
56°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers
High 57°F / 14°C · Low 46°F / 8°C
ⓘ About this reading (NWS)
Current conditions: the NWS gridpoint forecast for this hour (no recent station observation was available).
Forecast highs, lows and hourly values: the NWS Gridpoint Forecast for the 2.5 km grid cell that contains this location, issued by the NWS DVN Area Forecast Office.
Open-Meteo model estimates supplement fields not reported by NWS.
A gridpoint forecast describes the average over its grid cell, while a station measures one spot (often an airport), so the two can differ by a few degrees, especially during strong winter temperature inversions, which are common around Fairbanks.
Slight chance rain showers, rain is likely today, winds are light.
56°F / 13°C
5 mph / 8 km/h E
96%
9 mi / 15 km
100%
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Hourly Forecast
5 AM
56°
Chance Rain Showers
26% · 5 mph
6 AM
56°
Chance Rain Showers
32% · 5 mph
7 AM
55°
Rain Showers Likely
63% · 5 mph
8 AM
55°
Rain Showers Likely
56% · 5 mph
9 AM
56°
Rain Showers Likely
64% · 5 mph
10 AM
57°
Rain Showers
81% · 5 mph
11 AM
57°
Rain Showers
98% · 5 mph
12 PM
58°
Rain Showers
94% · 5 mph
1 PM
58°
Showers And Thunderstorms
94% · 5 mph
2 PM
58°
Showers And Thunderstorms
100% · 5 mph
3 PM
58°
Showers And Thunderstorms
80% · 5 mph
4 PM
58°
Rain Showers Likely
58% · 5 mph
5 PM
58°
Chance Rain Showers
50% · 10 mph
6 PM
58°
Rain Showers Likely
55% · 10 mph
7 PM
57°
Slight Chance Rain Showers
20% · 15 mph
8 PM
54°
Cloudy
6% · 15 mph
9 PM
53°
Cloudy
12% · 15 mph
10 PM
52°
Mostly Cloudy
10% · 15 mph
11 PM
51°
Mostly Cloudy
4% · 15 mph
All hours shown in local time for this location (America/Chicago).
7-day Forecast
Warming trend through the week; rain is likely on 1 day.
Today
Oct 15
Rain Showers
High 57°Low 46°
100% precip
Wind 5 mph
Fri
Oct 16
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy
High 52°Low 34°
16% precip
Wind 15 mph
Sat
Oct 17
Areas Of Frost then Sunny
High 57°Low 39°
0% precip
Wind 0 mph
Sun
Oct 18
Sunny
High 64°Low 45°
0% precip
Wind 10 mph
Mon
Oct 19
Mostly Sunny
High 68°Low 45°
0% precip
Wind 0 mph
Tue
Oct 20
Sunny
High 72°Low 48°
1% precip
Wind 0 mph
Wed
Oct 21
Mostly Sunny
High 73°Low —
8% precip
Wind 5 mph
Weather Alerts
Watches, warnings and advisories from the official alerting authority for this location.
All clear — no active alerts
The alerting authority reports no active watches, warnings or advisories for this location.
How Today's Weather Affects the Sky
A 100% chance of precipitation today means clouds are likely to obscure much of tonight's sky.
For moon phase, aurora conditions, and exact visibility at your location tonight, see Sky Tonight.
Sources: NOAA/National Weather Service (US alerts) and Open-Meteo (global weather). Each section labels its own source, last update and freshness state. Always follow official local guidance during severe weather.
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