Temperature
43 F at 9 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 9 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Estherville Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Emmet 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.
43°
51°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 34°·Fresh breeze 25 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Estherville Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Estherville Municipal Airport is 43° and overcast at 9 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 25 mph, gusting to 41 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. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 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 1 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
79%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
43feels34
25mph
Today
Oct 16
5138
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5830
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6539
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6541
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6943
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7349
12%
Thu
Oct 22
7452
12%
43°
51°38°
58°30°
65°39°
65°41°
69°43°
73°49°
74°52°
As of 9:00 AM in Estherville Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Estherville Municipal Airport
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 67 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good20 mi
- Ozone13Good19 ppb20 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Estherville Municipal Airport
0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 0.86 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.51in
- Last 3 days
- 0.86in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 59%
Visibility
How far you can see at Estherville Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EST
- ICAO
- KEST
- IATA
- EST
- Field elevation
- 1,319 ft
- Serves
- Estherville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EST
- Wind now
- From 330° at 26 mph, read 16 Oct, 09:08
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 unlit | 2,989 ft | 90 ft | GRE | 73° / 253° | 6 mph head, on 24 | 25 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 4,797 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 169° / 349° | 25 mph head, on 34 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Estherville (EST), Estherville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 7 PM Thursday to 95% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 9 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
25 mph from the north northwest at 9 AM; at its strongest 26 mph, 8 AM, with a gust of 43 mph at 6 AM.
- Now
- 25mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 8 AM
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.41 inHg at 9 AM, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.41inHg
- 9 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.12inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.37inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 1 PM 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 500 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,900ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.35 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.35in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Estherville: 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 Estherville Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
EsthervilleEST
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/1,316 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4
Beside a road/2.6 mi away/1,277 ft/42 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Estherville 0.4 ESEIA-EM-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/1,302 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Estherville 4 EESTI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/1,335 ft/16 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 Estherville Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gruvercity, 2 mi
- Esthervillecity, 4 mi
- Wallingfordcity, 6 mi
- Dollivercity, 8 mi
- Superiorcity, 10 mi
- Graettingercity, 12 mi
- Terrilcity, 13 mi
- Armstrongcity, 13 mi
- Ringstedcity, 14 mi
- Orleanscity, 18 mi
- Spirit Lakecity, 18 mi
- Okobojicity, 19 mi
Airports near Estherville Municipal Airport
- Spencer Municipal AirportSPW, 28 mi
- Algona Municipal AirportAXA, 33 mi
- Sheldon Regional AirportSHL, 56 mi
- Forest City Municipal AirportFXY, 58 mi
- Storm Lake Municipal AirportSLB, 61 mi
- Cherokee County Regional AirportCKP, 62 mi
- Fort Dodge Regional AirportFOD, 65 mi
- Clarion Municipal AirportCAV, 68 mi