Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.3 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Harlan Beach, Iowa
Beach in Dickinson County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa and southwest Minnesota. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * 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°/39°
Overcast·
Feels like 36°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Harlan Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Harlan Beach is 44° and overcast at 2 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 17 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
19Air quality
80%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
44feels36
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5039
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°39°
57°30°
64°39°
65°41°
70°43°
74°50°
73°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Harlan Beach, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Harlan Beach
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 71 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Harlan Beach
0.78 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.78in
- Last 3 days
- 0.78in
Visibility
How far you can see at Harlan Beach, the next 42 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
- 43.4894° N
- Longitude
- 95.0542° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Harlan Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/1,277 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EsthervilleEST
At an airfield/16.6 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/5.1 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/5.2 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), 5.1 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 Harlan Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Orleanscity, 4 mi
- Spirit Lakecity, 6 mi
- Superiorcity, 7 mi
- Okobojicity, 8 mi
- Arnolds Parkcity, 10 mi
- Wahpetoncity, 10 mi
- West Okobojicity, 11 mi
- Milfordcity, 12 mi
- Esthervillecity, 13 mi
- Terrilcity, 13 mi
- Lake Parkcity, 14 mi
- Wallingfordcity, 18 mi
Beaches near Harlan Beach
- Martha Yarns Memorial Beachunder 1 mi
- Sandbar Beachunder 1 mi
- Anglers Bay Beachunder 1 mi
- Cedar Rapids Beach2 mi
- McClelland Beach2 mi
- Maple Oak Beach2 mi
- Inwood Park Beach3 mi
- Miniwaukon Beach3 mi