Temperature
53 F at 10 PM; 63 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 8 PM.
- Now
- 53F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 63F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Pella Municipal Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Marion County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Much of Iowa. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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.
52°
64°/56°
Overcast·
Feels like 52°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Pella Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 64° today.
Now. Pella Municipal Airport is 52° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 46° by 3 AM, with some cloud. 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 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
82%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
52feels52
15mph
Today
Oct 15
6456
98%
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
5344
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5933
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6538
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6744
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7246
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7551
overcast
52°
64°56°
53°44°
59°33°
65°38°
67°44°
72°46°
75°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Pella Municipal Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Pella Municipal Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 38 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pella Municipal Airport
0.45 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.45in
- Last 3 days
- 0.46in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 98%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pella Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PEA
- ICAO
- KPEA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 885 ft
- Serves
- Pella
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PEA
- Wind now
- From 320° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 5,402 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 167° / 347° | 15 mph head, on 34 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pella (PEA), Pella Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 10 PM to 98% at 1 PM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 81 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 1 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 1 PM
- 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 1 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 1 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.46 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.26 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.46in
- Wettest hour
- 0.26in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pella: 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 Pella 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 now4 instruments
PellaPEA
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/869 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pella (IA 163)RPLI4
Beside a road/3.9 mi away/889 ft/4 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/20.6 mi away/903 ft/18 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pella 0.5 SSEIA-MA-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/869 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pella 1 SPEAI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/761 ft/124 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 Pella 1 S (PEAI4), 4.8 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 Pella Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Pella Municipal Airport
- Knoxville Municipal AirportOXV, 11 mi
- Newton Municipal AirportTNU, 19 mi
- Grinnell Regional AirportGGI, 24 mi
- Oskaloosa Municipal AirportOOA, 26 mi
- Ottumwa Regional AirportOTM, 33 mi
- Chariton Municipal AirportCNC, 34 mi
- Ankeny Regional AirportIKV, 38 mi
- Des Moines International AirportDSM, 38 mi