Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.2 mi away/1,449 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
McClelland Beach, Iowa
Beach in Dickinson County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From late Friday night 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.
45°
55°/42°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for McClelland Beach until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. McClelland Beach is 45° and mostly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 28 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°. Rain is possible tomorrow (33%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
76%Humidity
83%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
45feels39
14mph
Today
Oct 15
5542
90%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5039
33%
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%
45°
55°42°
50°39°
57°30°
64°39°
65°41°
70°43°
74°50°
As of 9:00 PM in McClelland Beach, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at McClelland Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 72 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 15
- 28FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McClelland Beach
0.74 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.74in
- Last 3 days
- 0.74in
Visibility
How far you can see at McClelland Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Dickinson County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 43.4969° N
- Longitude
- 95.0925° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest McClelland 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/16.3 mi away/1,277 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
EsthervilleEST
At an airfield/18.5 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 McClelland Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Orleanscity, 4 mi
- Spirit Lakecity, 6 mi
- Okobojicity, 8 mi
- Superiorcity, 9 mi
- Arnolds Parkcity, 9 mi
- Wahpetoncity, 10 mi
- West Okobojicity, 11 mi
- Lake Parkcity, 12 mi
- Milfordcity, 12 mi
- Terrilcity, 14 mi
- Esthervillecity, 15 mi
- Harriscity, 17 mi