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Estherville 14 Day Long Range Forecast

14 Day weather providing an extended long range forecast outlook for Estherville

Iowa, United States Of America

Long range weather outlook for Estherville includes 14 day forecast summary:

The forecast for Estherville in the coming two weeks is predicting the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 23°C, with a high for the two weeks of 27°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 17th. The mean minimum temperature will be 14°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Wednesday 22nd at 8°C. Expect the next 14 days have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. Predictions are Friday 24th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 51.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 15
May		00:00

SSE
SSE

 7 / 14 mph 59 / 58°F 77% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 49%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SSE
SSE

 6 / 13 mph 57 / 55°F 85% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SE
SE

 9 / 15 mph 57 / 54°F 91% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 29%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
33%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SSE
SSE

 13 / 15 mph 66 / 65°F 64% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 42%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

 14 / 16 mph 71 / 69°F 52% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 39%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
54%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SSE
SSE

 13 / 15 mph 73 / 76°F 50% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 71%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
74%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SSE
SSE

 12 / 17 mph 65 / 63°F 85% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 34%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 36%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
54%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
21:00

SSW
SSW

 9 / 18 mph 61 / 61°F 92% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 59%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
63%
Expect 0.3 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.3 In
Thu 16
May		21:00

SSW
SSW

 2 / 4 mph 62 / 62°F 61% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
19%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Fri 17
May		00:00

SSW
SSW

 5 / 11 mph 58 / 58°F 68% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 12%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SSW
SSW

 7 / 16 mph 56 / 55°F 71% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
1%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

 8 / 16 mph 58 / 55°F 74% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

S
S

 13 / 15 mph 69 / 68°F 55% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
16%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

S
S

 16 / 18 mph 77 / 77°F 44% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
10%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 18 / 20 mph 80 / 79°F 41% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SSW
SSW

 15 / 22 mph 76 / 77°F 53% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

S
S

 14 / 25 mph 67 / 67°F 68% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
1%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sat 18
May		00:00

S
S

 14 / 25 mph 64 / 64°F 75% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 1%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

S
S

 13 / 23 mph 61 / 61°F 83% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

 15 / 23 mph 62 / 60°F 81% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 18%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SSW
SSW

 18 / 20 mph 72 / 76°F 59% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

WSW
WSW

 15 / 17 mph 78 / 78°F 52% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
15%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

WNW
WNW

 18 / 21 mph 78 / 77°F 42% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

WNW
WNW

 14 / 20 mph 71 / 69°F 40% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 15 mph 60 / 60°F 54% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Sun 19
May		00:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 14 mph 57 / 55°F 58% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

 4 / 9 mph 55 / 55°F 60% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

SSE
SSE

 4 / 8 mph 57 / 55°F 63% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 25%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
25%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SSE
SSE

 11 / 13 mph 67 / 65°F 44% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
32%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

 15 / 17 mph 71 / 70°F 40% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
29%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SSE
SSE

 14 / 17 mph 72 / 75°F 42% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
47%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SSE
SSE

 13 / 17 mph 67 / 65°F 71% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
47%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SSE
SSE

 11 / 17 mph 60 / 60°F 91% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 13%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
57%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 20
May		00:00

SSE
SSE

 12 / 18 mph 60 / 60°F 92% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 19%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

SSE
SSE

 13 / 18 mph 60 / 60°F 92% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

 10 / 14 mph 61 / 60°F 94% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
93%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

WSW
WSW

 6 / 7 mph 65 / 64°F 88% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 98%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

N
N

 3 / 3 mph 75 / 76°F 65% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 58%
Mid level cloud: 41%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
72%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

NE
NE

 8 / 10 mph 71 / 71°F 67% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 78%
Mid level cloud: 58%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
98%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

NE
NE

 7 / 11 mph 71 / 68°F 72% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 49%
High level cloud: 43%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
52%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

N
N

 6 / 11 mph 63 / 63°F 84% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 97%
High level cloud: 26%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
Tue 21
May		00:00

NNE
NNE

 13 / 21 mph 60 / 60°F 84% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
03:00

NNE
NNE

 14 / 21 mph 57 / 53°F 91% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 31%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
06:00

N
N

 17 / 23 mph 56 / 51°F 92% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 48%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
09:00

N
N

 19 / 24 mph 57 / 52°F 82% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
83%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.1 In
12:00

N
N

 15 / 19 mph 56 / 53°F 81% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 75%
Mid level cloud: 47%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
95%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

N
N

 13 / 16 mph 61 / 61°F 65% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 89%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

N
N

 8 / 12 mph 60 / 60°F 66% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 7%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
99%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

 10 / 15 mph 55 / 53°F 83% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 51%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
51%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 22
May		00:00

ENE
ENE

 11 / 23 mph 60 / 60°F 86% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
69%
0.0 In
06:00

N
N

 5 / 10 mph 58 / 58°F 85% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
0.0 In
12:00

NW
NW

 17 / 35 mph 63 / 63°F 70% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 37%
Mid level cloud: 27%
High level cloud: 76%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
55%
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 9 / 20 mph 70 / 70°F 56% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
12%
0.0 In
Thu 23
May		00:00

S
S

 9 / 18 mph 58 / 56°F 76% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
7%
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

 18 / 38 mph 60 / 60°F 72% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
48%
0.0 In
12:00

S
S

 19 / 40 mph 72 / 76°F 62% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 87%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
0.0 In
18:00

NE
NE

 8 / 17 mph 62 / 62°F 54% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
0.0 In
Fri 24
May		00:00

SSE
SSE

 13 / 28 mph 63 / 63°F 87% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 29%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 19%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
32%
0.0 In
06:00

NE
NE

 11 / 24 mph 50 / 46°F 75% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 65%
High level cloud: 74%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
67%
0.0 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

 15 / 32 mph 65 / 65°F 97% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
1.8 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

 6 / 14 mph 56 / 55°F 76% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 88%
High level cloud: 54%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
89%
0.0 In
Sat 25
May		00:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 9 mph 62 / 62°F 92% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
80%
0.3 In
06:00

N
N

 9 / 18 mph 50 / 47°F 84% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
34%
0.0 In
12:00

NNW
NNW

 14 / 29 mph 69 / 69°F 67% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 54%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
58%
0.5 In
18:00

NE
NE

 2 / 5 mph 68 / 68°F 51% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
46%
0.0 In
Sun 26
May		00:00

NW
NW

 12 / 26 mph 56 / 53°F 65% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
99%
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

 5 / 11 mph 58 / 58°F 82% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 89%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
47%
0.0 In
12:00

WNW
WNW

 8 / 16 mph 67 / 67°F 41% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
0.0 In
18:00

W
W

 6 / 14 mph 64 / 64°F 73% 1011 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
81%
0.1 In
Mon 27
May		00:00

SW
SW

 6 / 14 mph 61 / 61°F 71% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 91%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
50%
0.0 In
06:00

W
W

 7 / 15 mph 54 / 52°F 80% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
0.0 In
12:00

SW
SW

 15 / 32 mph 69 / 69°F 60% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 11%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 72%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
79%
0.0 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 9 / 20 mph 74 / 77°F 50% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 65%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
65%
0.0 In
Tue 28
May		00:00

WNW
WNW

 7 / 16 mph 56 / 55°F 94% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 21%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
36%
0.0 In
06:00

ESE
ESE

 4 / 8 mph 58 / 58°F 89% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 12%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
17%
0.0 In
12:00

NNE
NNE

 13 / 27 mph 64 / 64°F 53% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 11 / 22 mph 70 / 70°F 69% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
35%
0.0 In
Wed 29
May		00:00

SSW
SSW

 4 / 9 mph 56 / 55°F 69% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 50%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
0.0 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

 5 / 10 mph 61 / 61°F 96% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 14%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
81%
0.4 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 17 / 36 mph 71 / 71°F 52% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 18%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
0.0 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 17 / 36 mph 67 / 67°F 58% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
0.0 In
Thu 30
May		00:00

SW
SW

 9 / 18 mph 61 / 62°F 91% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 16%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
5%
0.1 In
06:00

WNW
WNW

 17 / 35 mph 45 / 38°F 70% 1021 mb
Low level cloud: 9%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
9%
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 6 / 13 mph 79 / 81°F 54% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 2%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
0.0 In
18:00

NNE
NNE

 9 / 20 mph 60 / 60°F 59% 1022 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 32%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
33%
0.0 In

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