Temperature
45 F at 1 AM; 58 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 58F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Creston Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Union 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.
44°
51°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Creston Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Creston Municipal Airport is 44° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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.
0UV Low
30Air quality
81%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
44feels38
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5142
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5731
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6438
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6645
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7147
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7553
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7557
overcast
44°
51°42°
57°31°
64°38°
66°45°
71°47°
75°53°
75°57°
As of 2:00 AM in Creston Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Creston Municipal Airport
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 36 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 15
- 21TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Creston Municipal Airport
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
Visibility
How far you can see at Creston Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CSQ
- ICAO
- KCSQ
- IATA
- CSQ
- Field elevation
- 1,300 ft
- Serves
- Creston
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CSQ
- Wind now
- From 300° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 1,692 ft | 100 ft | Grass | 44° / 224° | 3 mph head, on 22 | 14 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 4,901 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 165° / 345° | 10 mph head, on 34 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Creston (CSQ), Creston Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 10 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 40 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 40mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.22 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.22inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 10 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Creston: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Creston Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
CrestonCSQ
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,290 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Creston (US 34)RCEI4
Beside a road/3.5 mi away/1,273 ft/27 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Nodaway River 1 E ClarindaICLI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.5 mi away/984 ft/316 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Creston 2 SWCRTI4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,289 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Creston 0.2 SWIA-UN-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,311 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Creston 2 SW (CRTI4), 1.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Creston Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Creston Municipal Airport
- Osceola Municipal AirportI75, 35 mi
- Lamoni Municipal AirportLWD, 36 mi
- Schenck FieldICL, 40 mi
- Atlantic Municipal AirportAIO, 44 mi
- Red Oak Municipal AirportRDK, 47 mi
- Des Moines International AirportDSM, 51 mi
- Chariton Municipal AirportCNC, 52 mi
- Audubon County AirportADU, 55 mi