Temperature
48 F at 10 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 7 PM, and 44 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 7 PM
- Lowest
- 44F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Algona Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Kossuth County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Much of Iowa. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
48°
54°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 43°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Algona Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Algona Municipal Airport is 48° and overcast at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
76%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
48feels43
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
5448
100%
17mph
Fri
Oct 16
5141
28%
26mph
Sat
Oct 17
5630
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6441
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7452
16%
48°
54°48°
51°41°
56°30°
64°41°
65°44°
70°45°
74°52°
As of 10:00 PM in Algona Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Algona Municipal Airport
0.69 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.69in
- Last 3 days
- 0.69in
Visibility
How far you can see at Algona Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AXA
- ICAO
- KAXA
- IATA
- AXG
- Field elevation
- 1,219 ft
- Serves
- Algona
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AXA
- Wind now
- From 300° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 3,960 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 132° / 312° | 9 mph head, on 30 | 2 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 2,895 ft | 160 ft | Grass | 187° / 7° | 4 mph head, on 36 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Algona (AXA), Algona Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 8 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.11 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.11inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 5 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.21 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.21in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 5 AM
- Hours with some
- 14
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Algona: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Algona Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
AlgonaAXA
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,210 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Algona (US 18)RALI4
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/1,106 ft/113 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Algona 3 WALGI4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,220 ft/1 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Whittemore 0.1 WIA-KS-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,205 ft/14 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Algona Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Algonacity, 2 mi
- Irvingtoncommunity, 6 mi
- Whittemorecity, 8 mi
- Burtcity, 9 mi
- Sextoncommunity, 9 mi
- Lone Rockcity, 10 mi
- St. Benedictcommunity, 11 mi
- St. Josephcommunity, 12 mi
- West Bendcity, 12 mi
- Fentoncity, 12 mi
- Rodmancity, 13 mi
- Ottosencity, 14 mi
Airports near Algona Municipal Airport
- Estherville Municipal AirportEST, 33 mi
- Forest City Municipal AirportFXY, 34 mi
- Clarion Municipal AirportCAV, 35 mi
- Fort Dodge Regional AirportFOD, 37 mi
- Spencer Municipal AirportSPW, 47 mi
- Mason City Municipal AirportMCW, 48 mi
- Webster City Municipal AirportEBS, 49 mi
- Hampton Municipal AirportHPT, 58 mi