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In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/960 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Golf courses/Iowa/Waveland Golf Course
Waveland Golf Course, Iowa
Golf course in Polk County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29-32 expected and widespread frost. * 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.
49°
52°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 44°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Waveland Golf Course until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Waveland Golf Course is 49° and overcast at 1 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 33 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 Thursday, 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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
19Air quality
66%Humidity
93%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
49feels44
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5244
11%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6643
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6946
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7251
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7555
overcast
49°
52°44°
58°33°
65°41°
66°43°
69°46°
72°51°
75°55°
As of 1:00 PM in Waveland Golf Course, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Waveland Golf Course
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 5 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone19Good20 ppb2.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waveland Golf Course
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.27in
- Last 3 days
- 0.60in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 45%
Visibility
How far you can see at Waveland Golf Course, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Golf course
- Area
- 0.25 sq mi
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 41.5965° N
- Longitude
- 93.6887° W
Course map
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Waveland Golf Course, 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/4.0 mi away/922 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Des MoinesDSM
At an airfield/4.7 mi away/965 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/7.4 mi away/896 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/21.0 mi away/903 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/27.9 mi away/1,073 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Windsor Heights 0.8 SEIA-PK-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/863 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Des Moines WavelandWGCI4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/860 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 Waveland (WGCI4), 1.5 miles from here, read 10 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Waveland Golf Course
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Windsor Heightscity, 1 mi
- Des Moinescity, 3 mi
- Urbandalecity, 4 mi
- West Des Moinescity, 5 mi
- Clivecity, 6 mi
- Johnstoncity, 6 mi
- Saylorvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Norwalkcity, 8 mi
- Cummingcity, 8 mi
- Grimescity, 8 mi
- Waukeecity, 9 mi
- Pleasant Hillcity, 9 mi