Temperature
47 F at 9 AM; 58 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 9 AM
- Highest
- 58F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark, Iowa
Small airport in Benton County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest Illinois and east central, northeast, and southeast Iowa. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this 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.
34°
61°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 34°·Light air 1 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark is 34° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-northwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:15 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
100%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
34feels34
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6132
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6839
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6941
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7044
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7448
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7751
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
7753
overcast
34°
61°32°
68°39°
69°41°
70°44°
74°48°
77°51°
77°53°
As of 4:00 AM in Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 27 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good24.3 mi
- Ozone-4 ppb24.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb24.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 16
- 28TodayOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.90 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.90in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 1%
Visibility
How far you can see at Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VTI
- ICAO
- KVTI
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 842 ft
- Serves
- Vinton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VTI
- Wind now
- From 250° at 1 mph, read 17 Oct, 04:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,000 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 93° / 273° | 1 mph head, on 27 | None |
| 16 / 34 unlit | 2,500 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 161° / 341° | 0 mph head, on 16 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Vinton (VTI), Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 12 AM to 100% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 9 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the north northwest at 9 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 7 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.18 inHg at 9 AM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.18inHg
- 9 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.22inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 2 PM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.41 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Wettest hour
- 0.14in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Vinton: 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 Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark, 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 now2 instruments
VintonVTI
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/837 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Urbana (I-380)RURI4
Beside a road/7.0 mi away/991 ft/149 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Vinton 1.5 NWIA-BT-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/809 ft/33 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
VintonVNTI4
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/768 ft/74 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 Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Vintoncity, 4 mi
- Mount Auburncity, 4 mi
- Brandoncity, 7 mi
- Urbanacity, 7 mi
- Garrisoncity, 8 mi
- La Porte Citycity, 11 mi
- Shellsburgcity, 12 mi
- Center Pointcity, 13 mi
- Walkercity, 13 mi
- Rowleycity, 14 mi
- Van Hornecity, 15 mi
- Dysartcity, 15 mi
Airports near Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark
- Independence Municipal AirportIIB, 17 mi
- The Eastern Iowa AirportCID, 28 mi
- Waterloo Regional AirportALO, 30 mi
- Oelwein Municipal AirportOLZ, 32 mi
- Monticello Regional AirportMXO, 44 mi
- Marshalltown Municipal AirportMIW, 46 mi
- Iowa City Municipal AirportIOW, 47 mi
- Grinnell Regional AirportGGI, 51 mi