Citizen station DW9979DW9979
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/638 ft/43 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Mines of Spain State Recreation Area is 73° and partly cloudy at 2 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Where now comes from. The forecast for this hour, checked against 5 instruments within 7 miles. The nearest, Citizen station DW9979 (247 rank 1,008 in Iowa), read at 1:42 PM.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 75°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 79% lit, and sets at 3:29 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 50 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 37 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 23, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Wed 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW9979DW9979
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/638 ft/43 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mississippi River AT Dubuque LD11DLDI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/623 ft/28 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
DubuqueDBQ
At an airfield/6.1 mi away/1,079 ft/484 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dubuque (US 20)RDBI4
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/820 ft/225 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Dubuque 1.5 SEIA-DB-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/784 ft/189 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dubuque L&D 11DLDI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/623 ft/28 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mississippi River AT Dubuque LD11 (DLDI4), 4.7 miles from here, read 21 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.