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Ricketts, IA Weather & Growing Conditions

Local forecast, frost dates, hardiness zone and planting guidance for Ricketts, a city in Crawford County, Iowa.

Overnight
66°F
Patchy Fog
Patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy. Low around 66, with temperatures rising to around 69 overnight. West wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

7-day forecast for Ricketts

WhenTempForecastWindPrecip
Overnight 66°F Patchy Fog 5 mph W 48%
Saturday 74°F Patchy Fog then Mostly Cloudy 5 to 8 mph NNW 48%
Saturday Night 58°F Cloudy 9 mph NNE 14%
Sunday 63°F Slight Chance Drizzle then Chance Rain Showers 8 to 12 mph NE 29%
Sunday Night 54°F Chance Rain Showers 9 mph ENE 46%
Monday 58°F Rain Showers Likely 9 mph ENE 60%
Monday Night 49°F Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy 7 mph ENE 45%
Tuesday 60°F Partly Sunny 6 mph E 9%
Tuesday Night 45°F Partly Cloudy 5 mph ESE 1%
Wednesday 64°F Mostly Sunny 5 mph SE 3%
Wednesday Night 51°F Partly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers 3 mph SE 27%
Thursday 65°F Chance Rain Showers 6 mph SE 27%
Thursday Night 54°F Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers 5 mph SE 15%
Friday 68°F Slight Chance Rain Showers 3 to 7 mph SE 15%

Forecast source: National Weather Service (api.weather.gov) for Ricketts (42.128, -95.575). Updated through the day.

Growing snapshot for Ricketts

Last spring frost
May 3
First fall frost
Oct 1
Growing season
151 days
Hardiness zone
5a

More local growing data for Ricketts: nearby ZIP 51460 weather · frost dates · planting calendar · Iowa frost dates

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Climate data from the nearest NOAA station, Mapleton No.2, Ia (11.1 mi from Ricketts). Frost dates are 1991–2020 averages, not a forecast. Page updated Sep 19, 2026.