Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Des Moines Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Des Moines Beach is 43° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 3 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 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Des Moines Beach, Iowa.
Precipitation
0.83 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Des Moines Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SpencerSPW
At an airfield/14.9 mi away/1,322 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4
Beside a road/17.1 mi away/1,277 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Okoboji 0.5 SSWIA-DK-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,424 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Milford 4 NWMFRI4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/1,424 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.