Temperature
47 F at 9 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 47 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 47F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 10 AM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fort Dodge Regional Airport, Iowa
Medium airport in Webster County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Much of Iowa. * 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.
47°
56°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Fort Dodge Regional Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fort Dodge Regional Airport is 47° and overcast at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 1 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
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 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
83%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
47feels42
12mph
Today
Oct 15
5650
100%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5042
10%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5731
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6441
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7452
13%
47°
56°50°
50°42°
57°31°
64°41°
65°44°
70°45°
74°52°
As of 10:00 PM in Fort Dodge Regional Airport, Iowa.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Dodge Regional Airport
1.40 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.40in
- Last 3 days
- 1.40in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Dodge Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FOD
- ICAO
- KFOD
- IATA
- FOD
- Field elevation
- 1,156 ft
- Serves
- Fort Dodge
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- FOD
- Wind now
- From 290° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 6,547 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 65° / 245° | 7 mph head, on 24 | 7 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 5,301 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | 10 mph head, on 30 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Dodge (FOD), Fort Dodge Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 8 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 81 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 200 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 5,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.23 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.23in
- 7 AM
- Hours with some
- 17
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fort Dodge: 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 Fort Dodge Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Fort DodgeFOD
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/1,165 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort Dodge (US 20)RFDI4
Beside a road/7.4 mi away/938 ft/218 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort Dodge 1.7 NNWIA-WB-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,107 ft/49 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fort Dodge 5 NNWWMTI4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/988 ft/168 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 Fort Dodge 5 NNW (WMTI4), 3.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:27. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Fort Dodge Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Fort Dodge Regional Airport
- Webster City Municipal AirportEBS, 18 mi
- Clarion Municipal AirportCAV, 26 mi
- Algona Municipal AirportAXA, 37 mi
- Boone Municipal AirportBNW, 39 mi
- Arthur N Neu AirportCIN, 46 mi
- Iowa Falls Municipal AirportIFA, 47 mi
- Ames Municipal AirportAMW, 48 mi
- Perry Municipal AirportPRO, 50 mi