Des MoinesDSM
At an airfield/1.4 mi away/965 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Golf courses/Iowa/Wakonda Club
Wakonda Club, Iowa
Golf course in Polk County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Much of central Iowa. * 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.
47°
52°/45°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Wakonda Club until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Wakonda Club is 47° and mostly clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
77%Humidity
22%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
47feels41
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5245
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6746
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7147
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7557
16%
47°
52°45°
58°33°
65°41°
67°46°
71°47°
75°52°
75°57°
As of 2:00 AM in Wakonda Club, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Wakonda Club
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 1 mile off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone17Good19 ppb3.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wakonda Club
0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.54in
- Last 3 days
- 0.56in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wakonda Club, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Golf course
- Area
- 0.22 sq mi
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 41.5517° N
- Longitude
- 93.6401° W
Course map
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Wakonda Club, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Des Moines (I-235)RDMI4
Beside a road/3.4 mi away/922 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW0005CW0005
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/960 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/10.8 mi away/896 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/18.3 mi away/903 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/31.3 mi away/1,073 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Des Moines 2.0 SSWIA-PK-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/951 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Des Moines AirportDSXI4
At an airfield/1.1 mi away/953 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Des Moines Airport (DSXI4), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wakonda Club
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Des Moinescity, 3 mi
- Norwalkcity, 5 mi
- Windsor Heightscity, 5 mi
- Cummingcity, 7 mi
- West Des Moinescity, 7 mi
- Pleasant Hillcity, 7 mi
- Urbandalecity, 8 mi
- Carlislecity, 9 mi
- Clivecity, 9 mi
- Saylorvillecommunity, 9 mi
- Spring Hillcity, 10 mi
- Johnstoncity, 10 mi