Citizen station EW4052EW4052
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,239 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
McIntosh Woods State Park, Iowa
State Park in Cerro Gordo 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.
37°
56°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 37°·Light air 2 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for McIntosh Woods State Park until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. McIntosh Woods State Park is 37° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 5 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 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:17 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 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
37feels37
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
5630
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6337
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6438
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6742
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7147
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7449
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
7452
13mph
37°
56°30°
63°37°
64°38°
67°42°
71°47°
74°49°
74°52°
As of 12:00 AM in McIntosh Woods State Park, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at McIntosh Woods State Park
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 69 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 16
- 28TodayOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McIntosh Woods State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.76in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at McIntosh Woods State Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2,550,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 1,230 ft
- County
- Cerro Gordo County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 43.1218° N
- Longitude
- 93.4557° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest McIntosh Woods State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Mason CityMCW
At an airfield/6.9 mi away/1,214 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mason City (I-35)RMCI4
Beside a road/8.2 mi away/1,234 ft/4 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Clear Lake 1.4 WNWIA-CG-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,247 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mason CityMCWI4
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/1,096 ft/134 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 Mason City (MCWI4), 13.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near McIntosh Woods State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.