Citizen station DW3886DW3886
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/957 ft/71 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Margo Frankel Woods State Park, Iowa
68°
69°/46°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Now. Margo Frankel Woods State Park is 68° and clear at 4 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 61% lit, and sets at 1:31 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
34Air quality
43%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 19
6946
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6942
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7249
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7349
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 23
7353
12mph
Sat
Oct 24
7357
12mph
Sun
Oct 25
7055
18%
68°
69°46°
69°42°
72°49°
73°49°
73°53°
73°57°
70°55°
As of 4:00 PM in Margo Frankel Woods State Park, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Margo Frankel Woods State Park
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 10 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good4.8 mi
- Ozone34Good42 ppb4.8 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.
GoodModerate
- 35YesterdayOct 18
- ModerateTodayOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
- ModerateWedOct 21
Precipitation
What has fallen at Margo Frankel Woods State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.19 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 886 ft
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 41.6716° N
- Longitude
- 93.6152° W
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Margo Frankel Woods State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
AnkenyIKV
At an airfield/2.6 mi away/888 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/4.4 mi away/896 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Altoona (I-80/US 65)RTOI4
Beside a road/4.9 mi away/860 ft/26 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/18.8 mi away/903 ft/17 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/23.3 mi away/1,073 ft/187 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Ankeny 1.9 SSWIA-PK-150
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/896 ft/10 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Des Moines WavelandWGCI4
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/860 ft/26 ft below 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), 6.7 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 Margo Frankel Woods State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Saylorvillecommunity, 2 mi
- Ankenycity, 5 mi
- Des Moinescity, 6 mi
- Johnstoncity, 6 mi
- Windsor Heightscity, 7 mi
- Urbandalecity, 7 mi
- Pleasant Hillcity, 8 mi
- Altoonacity, 8 mi
- Bondurantcity, 8 mi
- Polk Citycity, 9 mi
- Grimescity, 9 mi
- Elkhartcity, 10 mi