Temperature
45 F at 1 AM; 65 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 65F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lamoni Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Decatur 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°
51°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Lamoni Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lamoni Municipal Airport is 46° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° 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 Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
76%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
46feels40
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5144
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5732
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6537
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6745
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7246
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7556
overcast
46°
51°44°
57°32°
65°37°
67°45°
72°46°
75°52°
75°56°
As of 2:00 AM in Lamoni Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Lamoni Municipal Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 64 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lamoni Municipal Airport
0.18 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.18in
- Last 3 days
- 0.18in
Visibility
How far you can see at Lamoni Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 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
- LWD
- ICAO
- KLWD
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,131 ft
- Serves
- Lamoni
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LWD
- Wind now
- From 300° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 unlit | 3,400 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lamoni (LWD), Lamoni Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 10 PM Thursday to 98% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the west northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 37 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.23 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.23inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.19inHg
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 200 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.15 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.15in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lamoni: 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 Lamoni Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
LamoniLWD
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,093 ft/38 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Leon (I-35)/IA 2)RLEI4
Beside a road/7.9 mi away/1,145 ft/14 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Lucas 2SSW - Stephens State Forest RAWSSSFI4
A remote fire weather station/33.5 mi away/1,063 ft/68 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lamoni 0.5 EIA-DC-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,096 ft/35 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lamoni3OI
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/1,128 ft/3 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 Lamoni Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lamonicity, 2 mi
- Davis Citycity, 5 mi
- Decaturcity, 8 mi
- Pleasantoncity, 9 mi
- Kellertoncity, 9 mi
- Leoncity, 11 mi
- Grand Rivercity, 13 mi
- Beaconsfieldcity, 14 mi
- Van Wertcity, 17 mi
- Sun Valley Lakecommunity, 18 mi
- Ellstoncity, 18 mi
- Mount Ayrcity, 18 mi
Airports near Lamoni Municipal Airport
- Osceola Municipal AirportI75, 31 mi
- Creston Municipal AirportCSQ, 36 mi
- Chariton Municipal AirportCNC, 39 mi
- Centerville Municipal AirportTVK, 53 mi
- Schenck FieldICL, 59 mi
- Knoxville Municipal AirportOXV, 62 mi
- Des Moines International AirportDSM, 64 mi
- Pella Municipal AirportPEA, 73 mi