Temperature
46 F at 3 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Henry County, Iowa* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northwest, and west central Illinois, southeast Iowa, and northeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
47°
54°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport is 47° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° 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 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 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:18 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
18Air quality
76%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
47feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5443
23%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5832
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6939
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7143
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7447
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7552
10%
47°
54°43°
58°32°
65°36°
69°39°
71°43°
74°47°
75°52°
As of 3:00 AM in Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 32 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 29TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 50%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MPZ
- ICAO
- KMPZ
- IATA
- MPZ
- Field elevation
- 730 ft
- Serves
- Mount Pleasant
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MPZ
- Wind now
- From 280° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 1,967 ft | 120 ft | Grass | 31° / 211° | 4 mph head, on 21 | 9 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 4,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | 6 mph head, on 33 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mount Pleasant (MPZ), Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 2 AM to 100% at 2 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 63 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the west at 3 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 32 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 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 400 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mount Pleasant: 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 Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/728 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mount Pleasant 1 SSW [CCOOP]MPZI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/719 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/436 ft/294 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Pleasant 1.1 WSWIA-HY-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/690 ft/40 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Salem 1 SSLHI4
At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/653 ft/77 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 Salem 1 S (SLHI4), 9.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mount Pleasantcity, 2 mi
- New Londoncity, 6 mi
- Westwoodcity, 6 mi
- Salemcity, 9 mi
- Lowellcommunity, 9 mi
- Romecity, 9 mi
- Mount Unioncommunity, 10 mi
- Trentoncommunity, 10 mi
- Swedesburgcommunity, 11 mi
- Yarmouthcommunity, 11 mi
- Danvillecity, 12 mi
- Houghtoncity, 12 mi
Airports near Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
- Fort Madison Municipal AirportFSW, 22 mi
- Southeast Iowa Regional AirportBRL, 23 mi
- Washington Municipal AirportAWG, 24 mi
- Fairfield Municipal AirportFFL, 26 mi
- Keokuk Municipal AirportEOK, 34 mi
- Muscatine Municipal AirportMUT, 35 mi
- Iowa City Municipal AirportIOW, 48 mi
- Ottumwa Regional AirportOTM, 50 mi