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In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.4 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Crandalls Beach, Iowa
Beach in Dickinson County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible, with the coldest readings expected east of Interstate 29. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
44°
50°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 36°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Crandalls Beach until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Crandalls Beach is 44° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
76%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels36
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5038
36%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5730
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
6439
19mph
Mon
Oct 19
6541
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7043
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7450
14%
Thu
Oct 22
7354
16%
44°
50°38°
57°30°
64°39°
65°41°
70°43°
74°50°
73°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Crandalls Beach, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Crandalls Beach
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 74 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Crandalls Beach
0.72 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.72in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
Visibility
How far you can see at Crandalls Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Dickinson County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 43.4905° N
- Longitude
- 95.1250° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Crandalls Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4
Beside a road/17.6 mi away/1,277 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EsthervilleEST
At an airfield/19.9 mi away/1,316 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Spirit LakeSPRI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/1,460 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Spirit Lake 0.8 EIA-DK-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/1,448 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Spirit Lake (SPRI4), 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 Crandalls Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Orleanscity, 3 mi
- Spirit Lakecity, 5 mi
- Okobojicity, 7 mi
- Wahpetoncity, 9 mi
- Arnolds Parkcity, 9 mi
- West Okobojicity, 10 mi
- Superiorcity, 10 mi
- Lake Parkcity, 10 mi
- Milfordcity, 11 mi
- Terrilcity, 15 mi
- Harriscity, 16 mi
- Esthervillecity, 16 mi
Beaches near Crandalls Beach
- Marble Beach1 mi
- McClelland Beach2 mi
- Cedar Rapids Beach3 mi
- Maple Oak Beach3 mi
- Inwood Park Beach3 mi
- Miniwaukon Beach3 mi
- Orleans Beach3 mi
- Anglers Bay Beach3 mi