Chariton, IA Weather

Lucas County10:15 PM CDT41.01°N, 93.31°WElevation 1,027 ft

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
63°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 63°
High 76° Saturday·Low 57° tonight
WindSSE 9 mph gusts 17 mph
Humidity65%
Dew point51°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover40%
Sunrise7:34 AM
Sunset6:22 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day
  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. South southeast wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 74 in the afternoon. South wind 8 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 6 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 19 hrs ago.

  1. Now Partly Cloudy 63°
  2. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 62°
  3. Sat12 AM Partly Cloudy 61°
  4. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 60°
  5. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 59°
  6. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 59°
  7. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 59°
  8. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 58°
  9. 6 AM Partly Sunny 57°
  10. 7 AM Partly Sunny 57°
  11. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 57°
  12. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 59°
  13. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 64°
  14. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 68°
  15. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  16. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 74°
  17. 2 PM Sunny 75°
  18. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  19. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 76°
  20. 5 PM Sunny 74°
  21. 6 PM Mostly Clear 72°
  22. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 67°
  23. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 65°
  24. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 63°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear52°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny57°77°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°76°
  4. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny53°75°
  5. MonOct 26 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy52°71°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy51°68°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny32%51°70°
  8. ThuOct 29 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers32%66°

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Air quality

Forecast

  • FriModerate (58)
  • SatModerate (72)
  • SunModerate (70)

South-central Iowa, IA reporting area. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:34 AM
Sunset 6:22 PM
Daylight 10 h 48 min (−2 min 33 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 95% lit
Moonrise 4:50 PM Moonset 4:44 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 35°
Record high84° (2022)
Record low15° (1937)
Wettest1.68 in (2001)
Month to date1.28 in (normal 2.21 in)

Chariton 1 E, records since 1895. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in DMX, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Warm and dry conditions continue Saturday. Elevated fire weather conditions in cropland.

- Rain chances increase slowly from the northwest, cooling temperatures within and to the north of rain.

- Stalled boundary will bring split weather conditions next week: Seasonal temperatures north, warm south. Rain chances remain in the picture.

Short Term

Issued at 238 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Showers hung on in northern Iowa this afternoon. Ceiling heights in observations were above 15kft and soundings show a dry sub-cloud layer. Dew points at the surface mixed into the upper 40s where clouds didn't reach and winds gusted between 20 and 30mph. Midlevel moisture will continue to be advected northward as the northern segment of the western CONUS trough ejects northward. The southern piece of the trough will remain closed off and stuck in the southwest US. Meanwhile, high pressure is stuck in the Midwest to our east. This is blocking the cold front of the northern stream wave, stalling it in northwest Iowa through the weekend. Rain chances will be in play in the north and northwest, mainly in the overnight hours. Clouds will be common across the area due to moisture advection.

The southern portion of the trough will start to fill and migrate northeast into the Plains, bringing increased rain and clouds to the area to end the weekend and begin the following week.

Long Term

Issued at 238 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

On late Monday, the wave will tilt negatively across southeast South Dakota. Some CAPE is tucked right in the triple point, but the speed of the system keeps the warm sector out of the state until the overnight hours. CAPE will build on the warm sector of the front as it stalls across the middle of the state. Much of next week will have split weather between the north and southern half. The northern half will have more seasonal temperatures whereas 70 degree highs will be common across the south. Rain and some thunderstorms will remain in the picture. This pattern will remain until the east CONUS ridge is broken down by a stronger system from the west.

Aviation

Issued at 629 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the TAF period. Main impact through the overnight will be marginal LLWS particularly at KFOD/KMCW, though shear is not expected to be strong enough to include in this issuance. Though 2kft winds may be >30 knots, surface winds look to stay strong enough to lessen the shear.

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