Temperature
46 F at 10 PM; 51 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 51F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sioux County Regional Airport, Iowa
Small airport in Sioux County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * 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.
46°
56°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Sioux County Regional Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sioux County Regional Airport is 46° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 17 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
76%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels39
17mph
Today
Oct 15
5645
98%
20mph
Fri
Oct 16
5141
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
5830
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6645
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7046
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7453
14%
46°
56°45°
51°41°
58°30°
65°41°
66°45°
70°46°
74°53°
As of 11:00 PM in Sioux County Regional Airport, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Sioux County Regional Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Sioux City (IA), 34 miles off.
19Good
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sioux County Regional Airport
0.77 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.77in
- Last 3 days
- 0.77in
Visibility
How far you can see at Sioux County Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SXK
- ICAO
- KSXK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,409 ft
- Serves
- Maurice
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SXK
- Wind now
- From 300° at 21 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 175° / 355° | 12 mph head, on 35 | 17 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sioux County (SXK), Sioux County Regional 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 76% at 9 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 10 PM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.21 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.21inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 8 AM
- 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 3 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.67 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.20 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.67in
- Wettest hour
- 0.20in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 14
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sioux County: 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 Sioux County 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 now3 instruments
Sioux CountySXK
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,414 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alton (IA10)RTNI4
Beside a road/4.0 mi away/1,411 ft/2 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
MilnervilleBKTI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/29.0 mi away/1,224 ft/185 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Orange City 4.0 WIA-SX-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,382 ft/27 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sioux Center 2 SESIXI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/1,368 ft/41 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 Sioux Center 2 SE (SIXI4), 4.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 15:54. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Sioux County Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mauricecity, 2 mi
- Orange Citycity, 5 mi
- Sioux Centercity, 6 mi
- Strublecity, 7 mi
- Altoncity, 7 mi
- Iretoncity, 8 mi
- Craigcity, 10 mi
- Oyenscity, 13 mi
- Brunsvillecity, 13 mi
- Le Marscity, 14 mi
- Hullcity, 14 mi
- Hosperscity, 14 mi
Airports near Sioux County Regional Airport
- Le Mars Municipal AirportLRJ, 14 mi
- Sheldon Regional AirportSHL, 23 mi
- Cherokee County Regional AirportCKP, 35 mi
- Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day FieldSUX, 42 mi
- Spencer Municipal AirportSPW, 50 mi
- Storm Lake Municipal AirportSLB, 54 mi
- Estherville Municipal AirportEST, 77 mi
- Denison Municipal AirportDNS, 80 mi