Oelwein, IA 50662 Weather

Fayette County11:13 PM CDT42.68°N, 91.91°W

Current conditions

Clear
54°
Clear
Feels like 54°
High 72° Wednesday·Low 45° tonight
WindSE 8 mph
Humidity58%
Dew point39°
Pressure30.26 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover1%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:27 AM
Sunset6:19 PM

Observed at Oelwein Municipal Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 45. Southeast wind around 6 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 72. South wind around 5 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Patchy fog after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 1 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 51°
  2. Wed12 AM Clear 51°
  3. 1 AM Clear 48°
  4. 2 AM Clear 47°
  5. 3 AM Clear 46°
  6. 4 AM Clear 46°
  7. 5 AM Clear 45°
  8. 6 AM Sunny 45°
  9. 7 AM Sunny 45°
  10. 8 AM Sunny 46°
  11. 9 AM Sunny 50°
  12. 10 AM Sunny 57°
  13. 11 AM Sunny 62°
  14. 12 PM Sunny 65°
  15. 1 PM Sunny 69°
  16. 2 PM Sunny 70°
  17. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 71°
  18. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  19. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 71°
  20. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 67°
  21. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 63°
  22. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 58°
  23. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 57°
  24. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 55°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Clear Clear45°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny50°72°
  3. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny51°73°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny55°71°
  5. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny54°72°
  6. SunOct 25 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers27%47°65°
  7. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers27%41°57°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny10%56°
  9. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny30°49°
  10. ThuOct 29 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny31°54°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

72
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Northeast Iowa, IA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:27 AM
Sunset 6:19 PM
Daylight 10 h 51 min (−2 min 45 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 74% lit
Moonrise 3:42 PM Moonset 1:18 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low58° / 35°
Record high81° (2000)
Record low14° (1952)
Wettest0.97 in (1916)
Yesterday64° / 37°
Month to date3.42 in (normal 1.87 in)

Fayette, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ARX, issued 17 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Unseasonably warm into the weekend.

- Dry through Thursday night and then maybe some small rain chances from Friday into the weekend.

- Much uncertainty on temperatures and rain chances early next week.

Discussion

Issued at 1146 PM CDT Mon Oct 19 2026

Today through Thursday night

An anomalous 500 mb ridge will remain in control of the area's weather through Thursday night. This high will provide dry weather and unseasonably warm temperatures. High temperatures will warm from the mid- and upper 60s today and be in the lower and mid-70s on Thursday. Low temperatures will be in the 30s and 40s tonight and Wednesday night and in the 40s and 50s on Thursday night.

Friday and Friday night

A negatively tilted trough will move through Minnesota and western and northern Wisconsin. There is still plenty of uncertainty on whether there will be enough low-level moisture for any rain to move into our area.

With some more cover, high temperatures will be a bit cooler (mainly in the 60s). Low temperatures will be a bit warmer (upper 40s to mid-50s).

Aviation

Issued at 600 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Valley fog has developed overnight and is currently impacting ONA/PDC/OVS with issues seen on all side of LSE but seemingly not within 5 nautical miles. In any case, still prudent to carry a TEMPO at LSE given how close the issues are to impacting the terminal. Once the fog dissipates around 14-15z, VFR conditions will return. Fog may develop once again Wednesday morning primarily impacting the Wisconsin River valley and OVS while low level winds may be too strong for this to impact LSE once again so have kept it out of the TAF near the end of the period.

Arx Watches

WI...None. MN...None. IA...None.

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