Temperature
48 F at 7 AM; 61 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 61F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ankeny Regional Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Polk 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.
48°
52°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Ankeny Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ankeny Regional Airport is 48° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 17 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
82%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
48feels41
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5243
10%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5933
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6540
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6743
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7046
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7451
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7556
11%
48°
52°43°
59°33°
65°40°
67°43°
70°46°
74°51°
75°56°
As of 7:00 AM in Ankeny Regional Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Ankeny Regional Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 12 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone17Good16 ppb7.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ankeny Regional Airport
0.63 in in the last 24 hours, 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.63in
- Last 3 days
- 0.69in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 91%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ankeny Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IKV
- ICAO
- KIKV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 910 ft
- Serves
- Ankeny
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IKV
- Wind now
- From 320° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,200 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 45° / 225° | 2 mph head, on 04 | 18 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 14 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 Ankeny (IKV), Ankeny Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 12 AM to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the northwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 33 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.24 inHg at 7 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.24inHg
- 7 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 10 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.52 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.52in
- Wettest hour
- 0.13in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ankeny: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Ankeny Regional 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 now5 instruments
AnkenyIKV
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/888 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Altoona (I-80/US 65)RTOI4
Beside a road/3.2 mi away/860 ft/50 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/6.4 mi away/896 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/17.3 mi away/903 ft/7 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/22.7 mi away/1,073 ft/163 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Ankeny 3.3 ESEIA-PK-118
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/922 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/932 ft/22 ft above 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 NWS Des Moines (DMX), 8.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Ankeny Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Saylorvillecommunity, 4 mi
- Ankenycity, 4 mi
- Bondurantcity, 5 mi
- Altoonacity, 6 mi
- Pleasant Hillcity, 7 mi
- Elkhartcity, 7 mi
- Des Moinescity, 8 mi
- Johnstoncity, 9 mi
- Allemancity, 9 mi
- Windsor Heightscity, 10 mi
- Polk Citycity, 10 mi
- Urbandalecity, 10 mi
Airports near Ankeny Regional Airport
- Des Moines International AirportDSM, 12 mi
- Ames Municipal AirportAMW, 21 mi
- Newton Municipal AirportTNU, 28 mi
- Boone Municipal AirportBNW, 29 mi
- Perry Municipal AirportPRO, 32 mi
- Knoxville Municipal AirportOXV, 36 mi
- Pella Municipal AirportPEA, 38 mi
- Grinnell Regional AirportGGI, 43 mi