Temperature
49 F at 3 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 49F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 59F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Schenck Field, Iowa
Small airport in Page County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Iowa and east central, northeast, and southeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From late tonight 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. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
47°
54°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Schenck Field until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Schenck Field is 47° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° 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 Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
66%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
47feels41
12mph
Today
Oct 16
5440
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
6131
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6737
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6943
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7446
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7851
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7956
overcast
47°
54°40°
61°31°
67°37°
69°43°
74°46°
78°51°
79°56°
As of 4:00 AM in Schenck Field, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Schenck Field
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 17 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good17.3 mi
- Ozone18Good21 ppb17.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 15
- 21TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Schenck Field
0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Last 3 days
- 0.14in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 86%
Visibility
How far you can see at Schenck Field, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ICL
- ICAO
- KICL
- IATA
- ICL
- Field elevation
- 996 ft
- Serves
- Clarinda
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ICL
- Wind now
- From 320° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 24° / 204° | 5 mph head, on 02 | 11 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 unlit | 2,729 ft | 280 ft | Grass | 142° / 322° | 12 mph head, on 31 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Clarinda (ICL), Schenck Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 3 AM to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 65%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.31 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.31inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.29inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 11 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 400 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Clarinda: 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 Schenck Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ClarindaICL
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/978 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Nodaway River 1 E ClarindaICLI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.9 mi away/984 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
BedfordRBFI4
Beside a road/13.2 mi away/1,171 ft/175 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
ClarindaCLDI4
At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/1,017 ft/21 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
New Market 4.7 NIA-TY-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/1,176 ft/180 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 Clarinda (CLDI4), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Schenck Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Clarindacity, 1 mi
- Shambaughcity, 4 mi
- New Marketcity, 7 mi
- Yorktowncity, 7 mi
- College Springscity, 8 mi
- Braddyvillecity, 10 mi
- Coincity, 12 mi
- Blanchardcity, 14 mi
- Villiscacity, 15 mi
- Gravitycity, 15 mi
- Northborocity, 16 mi
- Essexcity, 16 mi
Airports near Schenck Field
- Shenandoah Municipal AirportSDA, 20 mi
- Red Oak Municipal AirportRDK, 23 mi
- Creston Municipal AirportCSQ, 40 mi
- Atlantic Municipal AirportAIO, 47 mi
- Council Bluffs Municipal AirportCBF, 53 mi
- Lamoni Municipal AirportLWD, 59 mi
- Harlan Municipal AirportHNR, 62 mi
- Audubon County AirportADU, 68 mi