Temperature
46 F at 3 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 46F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Clarion Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Wright County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Much of central Iowa. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * 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.
45°
52°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Clarion Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Clarion Municipal Airport is 45° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
40Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
45feels38
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5240
14%
29mph
Sat
Oct 17
5831
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6539
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6642
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7350
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7554
12%
45°
52°40°
58°31°
65°39°
66°42°
70°45°
73°50°
75°54°
As of 4:00 AM in Clarion Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Clarion Municipal Airport
Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 71 miles off.
40Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)40Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Clarion Municipal Airport
0.85 in in the last 24 hours, 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.85in
- Last 3 days
- 0.89in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Clarion Municipal Airport, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CAV
- ICAO
- KCAV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,162 ft
- Serves
- Clarion
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CAV
- Wind now
- From 300° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 3,455 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 145° / 325° | 15 mph head, on 32 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Clarion (CAV), Clarion Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 46 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 98% at 9 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 46F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 98 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the west northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- 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 300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.18 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.18in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Clarion: 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 Clarion 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
ClarionCAV
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,149 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Williams (I-35)RWII4
Beside a road/15.7 mi away/1,066 ft/96 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Goldfield 0.5 ENEIA-HB-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/1,119 ft/43 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KanawhaKANI4
At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/1,181 ft/19 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Clarion Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Clarion Municipal Airport
- Webster City Municipal AirportEBS, 22 mi
- Fort Dodge Regional AirportFOD, 26 mi
- Hampton Municipal AirportHPT, 27 mi
- Iowa Falls Municipal AirportIFA, 31 mi
- Forest City Municipal AirportFXY, 35 mi
- Algona Municipal AirportAXA, 35 mi
- Mason City Municipal AirportMCW, 36 mi
- Boone Municipal AirportBNW, 48 mi