Temperature
48 F at 10 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 6 PM.
- Now
- 48F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Northeast Iowa Regional Airport, Iowa
Medium airport in Floyd County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 possible. * WHERE...Northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest into west central Wisconsin. * 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.
46°
57°/50°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Northeast Iowa Regional Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Northeast Iowa Regional Airport is 46° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 1 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 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 south-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 day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
81%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels40
15mph
Today
Oct 15
5750
100%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5141
35%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5630
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6340
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6443
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6944
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7249
overcast
46°
57°50°
51°41°
56°30°
63°40°
64°43°
69°44°
72°49°
As of 11:00 PM in Northeast Iowa Regional Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Northeast Iowa Regional Airport
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 41 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-
- Ozone-17 ppb23.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 14
- 39TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Northeast Iowa Regional Airport
1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.05in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 88%
Visibility
How far you can see at Northeast Iowa Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CCY
- ICAO
- KCCY
- IATA
- CCY
- Field elevation
- 1,125 ft
- Serves
- Charles City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CCY
- Wind now
- From 310° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,536 ft | 160 ft | Grass | 45° / 225° | 1 mph head, on 22 | 15 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 126° / 306° | 15 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 1,780 ft | 170 ft | Grass | 180° / 0° | 10 mph head, on 35 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Charles City (CCY), Northeast Iowa Regional 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 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 10 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 84 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 33 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 9 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 400 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.19 in, in the hour to 10 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.19in
- 10 AM
- Hours with some
- 16
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Charles City: 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 Northeast Iowa Regional 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
Charles CityCCY
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,116 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New Hampton (US 18)RNHI4
Beside a road/7.7 mi away/1,073 ft/52 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Charles City 1.2 ESEIA-FL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,037 ft/88 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Charles CityCIYI4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,014 ft/111 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Charles City (CIYI4), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Northeast Iowa Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Charles Citycity, 3 mi
- Bassettcity, 5 mi
- Colwellcity, 6 mi
- Floydcity, 7 mi
- Ioniacity, 8 mi
- Nashuacity, 9 mi
- North Washingtoncity, 10 mi
- Rosevillecommunity, 11 mi
- Alta Vistacity, 13 mi
- Orchardcity, 13 mi
- New Havencommunity, 14 mi
- Elmacity, 15 mi
Airports near Northeast Iowa Regional Airport
- Mason City Municipal AirportMCW, 37 mi
- Waterloo Regional AirportALO, 37 mi
- Hampton Municipal AirportHPT, 39 mi
- Oelwein Municipal AirportOLZ, 42 mi
- Decorah Municipal AirportDEH, 46 mi
- Forest City Municipal AirportFXY, 52 mi
- Iowa Falls Municipal AirportIFA, 53 mi
- Independence Municipal AirportIIB, 54 mi