IAZ040-262100-
Buchanan-
Including the city of Independence
802 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026


...EXTREME HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

...EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...


.REST OF TODAY...Patchy fog early this morning. Mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of sprinkles early this morning, then partly
sunny this afternoon. Hot with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 108 this afternoon.

.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 107 early in the
evening.

.MONDAY...Sunny, hot with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Heat
index values up to 109.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the lower 70s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107 early
in the evening.

.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Humid with highs in the upper 80s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.

.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in
the mid 60s. Highs in the upper 80s.

.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers.
Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.

.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

IAZ040-262100-
Independence-Buchanan IA
42.45N  91.93W Elev. 977 ft
801 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2026

Date             Sun 07/26/26            Mon 07/27/26            Tue 07/28/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      90          76          94          71          87
Temp                82 87 90 89 81 80 78 77 86 92 94 90 80 76 72 71 79 84 87 85
Dewpt               77 78 79 79 76 75 73 73 77 77 77 77 72 69 68 68 70 70 69 69
RH                  85 75 70 73 85 85 85 87 75 62 58 66 77 79 87 90 74 63 55 59
Wind dir             S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW  N  N NE NE NE  N NE
Wind spd             6  8 10 10 10 10 10  9 10 11 13 13 11  9  9  8  8  8  8  5
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Rain shwrs
Sprinkles
Heat index          90100106105 87 85       97106108102 84             88 90 88
Max heat              100   106   101         106   109    96          88    91


Date          Wed 07/29/26  Thu 07/30/26  Fri 07/31/26  Sat 08/01/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          66    87      66    86      68    82      66    85
Temp          70 67 84 85   71 68 84 83   71 69 80 80   68 67 82 82
Dewpt         66 65 69 68   66 65 69 68   66 66 69 68   67 65 68 66
PWind dir         E    SE      SE     S       S     W       N     N
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW FW   CL FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0       5    20      30    40      20    10
Rain shwrs                         S  S    S  C  C  C    S  S
Tstms                                 S    S  S  S       S  S