Temperature
45 F at 1 AM; 55 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 55F
- 2 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Oelwein Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Fayette County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 expected. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central, north central, southwest, and west central Wisconsin. * 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°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 18 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Oelwein Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Oelwein Municipal Airport is 46° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:12 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
93%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
46feels39
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5141
53%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5630
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6339
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6543
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6844
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7149
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7254
17%
46°
51°41°
56°30°
63°39°
65°43°
68°44°
71°49°
72°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Oelwein Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Oelwein Municipal Airport
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 25 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good21.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oelwein Municipal Airport
1.50 in in the last 24 hours, 2.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.50in
- Last 3 days
- 2.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 71%
Visibility
How far you can see at Oelwein Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OLZ
- ICAO
- KOLZ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,076 ft
- Serves
- Oelwein
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OLZ
- Wind now
- From 310° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 135° / 315° | 21 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 1,822 ft | 85 ft | Grass | 183° / 3° | 13 mph head, on 36 | 17 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Oelwein (OLZ), Oelwein Municipal 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 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 12 AM to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 87 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 37 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 16mph
- 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
30.04 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 9 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 300 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.59 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.47 in, in the hour to 10 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.59in
- Wettest hour
- 0.47in
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Oelwein: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Oelwein 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 now2 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Oelwein 0.3 EIA-FY-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,072 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oelwein 1EOLNI4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,168 ft/92 ft above 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 Oelwein Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Oelwein Municipal Airport
- Independence Municipal AirportIIB, 16 mi
- Waterloo Regional AirportALO, 23 mi
- Vinton Veterans Memorial AirparkVTI, 32 mi
- Northeast Iowa Regional AirportCCY, 42 mi
- Decorah Municipal AirportDEH, 43 mi
- Monticello Regional AirportMXO, 52 mi
- The Eastern Iowa AirportCID, 57 mi
- Marshalltown Municipal AirportMIW, 62 mi