Temperature
46 F at 5 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 8 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Iowa Falls Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Hardin 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.
46°
52°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Iowa Falls Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Iowa Falls Municipal Airport is 46° and overcast at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:19 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 4 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
46feels40
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5242
33%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5832
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6540
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6643
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7350
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7555
12%
46°
52°42°
58°32°
65°40°
66°43°
70°45°
73°50°
75°55°
As of 5:00 AM in Iowa Falls Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Iowa Falls Municipal Airport
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 44 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Iowa Falls Municipal Airport
1.00 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.55in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 65%
Visibility
How far you can see at Iowa Falls Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IFA
- ICAO
- KIFA
- IATA
- IFA
- Field elevation
- 1,137 ft
- Serves
- Iowa Falls
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IFA
- Wind now
- From 300° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,602 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 15 mph head, on 31 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Iowa Falls (IFA), Iowa Falls Municipal 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 75% at 10 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 75 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the west northwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 31 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.12inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 3 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 300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Iowa Falls: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Iowa Falls Municipal Airport, 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 now4 instruments
Iowa FallsIFA
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,137 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/10.9 mi away/1,142 ft/5 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Ames ScanAMMI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.3 mi away/1,073 ft/64 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/39.9 mi away/1,073 ft/64 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Iowa Falls 0.2 NNWIA-HD-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,132 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Iowa FallsIWAI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/1,132 ft/5 ft below 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 Iowa Falls Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Iowa Falls Municipal Airport
- Hampton Municipal AirportHPT, 18 mi
- Marshalltown Municipal AirportMIW, 31 mi
- Webster City Municipal AirportEBS, 31 mi
- Clarion Municipal AirportCAV, 31 mi
- Ames Municipal AirportAMW, 38 mi
- Boone Municipal AirportBNW, 41 mi
- Waterloo Regional AirportALO, 45 mi
- Fort Dodge Regional AirportFOD, 47 mi