A Warm and Mostly Sunny Fall Week Ahead: This Week in Iowa City Weather

It may be October this week, but that doesn't mean it's going to get all cold and dreary on us quite yet. (That comes next week)

Nice weather awaits us this week, for the most part.

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities predicts high temperatures in the high 70s and mid 80s in the beginning of the week, with sunny skies. Then it may cool down and add a chance of rain as the weekend approaches.

Here is the forecast for this week:

Monday Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55. South wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 84.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 84.
Wednesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Thursday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78.
Thursday Night A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Friday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.
Friday Night A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Saturday A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.
Saturday Night A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Sunday A slight chance of showers. Sunny, with a high near 63.

Enjoy the warmth, however, as next week could bring highs in the 60s according to the Weather Underground 10-day forecast.

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