Temperature
44 F at 3 AM; 58 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 58F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dubuque Regional Airport, Iowa
Medium airport in Dubuque County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest Illinois and east central, northeast, and southeast 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.
46°
52°/43°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 15 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Dubuque Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dubuque Regional Airport is 46° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:08 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
26Air quality
85%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
46feels39
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5243
30%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5531
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6138
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6440
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6743
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7046
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7151
14%
46°
52°43°
55°31°
61°38°
64°40°
67°43°
70°46°
71°51°
As of 4:00 AM in Dubuque Regional Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Dubuque Regional Airport
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 42 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good20.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dubuque Regional Airport
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.43in
- Last 3 days
- 0.43in
Visibility
How far you can see at Dubuque Regional Airport, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DBQ
- ICAO
- KDBQ
- IATA
- DBQ
- Field elevation
- 1,077 ft
- Serves
- Dubuque
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- DBQ
- Wind now
- From 300° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 6,502 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 14 mph head, on 31 | 4 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 6,327 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 7 mph head, on 36 | 12 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dubuque (DBQ), Dubuque Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 2 AM to 98% at 11 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 81 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the west northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 39 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.41 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 6 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Wettest hour
- 0.12in
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Dubuque: 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 Dubuque Regional 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
DubuqueDBQ
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,079 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dubuque (US 20)RDBI4
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/820 ft/257 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mississippi River AT Dubuque LD11DLDI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.5 mi away/623 ft/454 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dubuque #3DUBI4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/1,052 ft/25 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Peosta 2.9 EIA-DB-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,071 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Dubuque #3 (DUBI4), 1.3 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 Dubuque Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Dubuque Regional Airport
- Monticello Regional AirportMXO, 26 mi
- Clinton Municipal AirportCWI, 44 mi
- Davenport Municipal AirportDVN, 55 mi
- The Eastern Iowa AirportCID, 63 mi
- Independence Municipal AirportIIB, 63 mi
- Oelwein Municipal AirportOLZ, 67 mi
- Iowa City Municipal AirportIOW, 68 mi
- Vinton Veterans Memorial AirparkVTI, 68 mi