At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,178 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Iowa County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Iowa County Airport is 47° and overcast at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:04 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.
As of 2:00 AM in Iowa County Airport, Wisconsin.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 8 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.76 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,600 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | - | - |
| 11 / 29 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | - | - |
The 6 instruments nearest Iowa County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,178 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dodgeville - USH 151 @ Brennan Rd.DODW3
Beside a road/7.2 mi away/1,081 ft/90 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Dodgeville 4NDLEW3
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/1,243 ft/72 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PlattevilleS2196
At a soil climate station/14.9 mi away/1,014 ft/157 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mineral Point 3.4 WNWWI-IW-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,153 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DodgevilleDGVW3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/1,188 ft/17 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
19 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.