Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Dixon Beach until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dixon Beach is 44° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some 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 50°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
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 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 day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Dixon Beach, Iowa.
Precipitation
0.82 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Dixon Beach, 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
Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SpencerSPW
At an airfield/15.3 mi away/1,322 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4
Beside a road/17.6 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/0.3 mi away/1,424 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Milford 4 NWMFRI4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 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.