Now. Southeast Iowa Regional Airport is 53° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Southeast Iowa Regional Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 45 miles off.
Yesterday measured 29, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.45 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 5,351 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 120° / 300° | 8 mph head, on 30 | 4 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 6,102 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 8 mph head, on 36 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Burlington (BRL), Southeast Iowa Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
52 F at 10 PM Thursday; 66 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 48 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 4 AM Thursday to 100% at 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
15 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 18 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 38 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.44 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.22 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Burlington: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Southeast Iowa Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
BurlingtonBRL
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/699 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Burlington (US 34)RBUI4
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/715 ft/17 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mount Pleasant 1 SSW [CCOOP]MPZI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.0 mi away/719 ft/21 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Burlington 0.8 SSEIA-DM-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/692 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BurlingtonBLGI4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/702 ft/4 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Burlington (BLGI4), 3.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.