Citizen station FW7399FW7399
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/1,449 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Pikes Point State Park, Iowa
State Park in Dickinson County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible, with the coldest readings expected east of Interstate 29. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From late tonight through Saturday morning. * 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.
44°
50°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 37°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Pikes Point State Park until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pikes Point State Park is 44° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
75%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
44feels37
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5038
31%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5729
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
6538
19mph
Mon
Oct 19
6541
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7042
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7450
14%
Thu
Oct 22
7353
16%
44°
50°38°
57°29°
65°38°
65°41°
70°42°
74°50°
73°53°
As of 12:00 AM in Pikes Point State Park, Iowa.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pikes Point State Park
0.85 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.85in
- Last 3 days
- 0.85in
Visibility
How far you can see at Pikes Point State Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 435,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 1,417 ft
- County
- Dickinson County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 43.4159° N
- Longitude
- 95.1640° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pikes Point State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
SpencerSPW
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/1,322 ft/95 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4
Beside a road/18.4 mi away/1,277 ft/140 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Vicks Corner-Spirit Lake IowaVICI4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/1,450 ft/33 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Spirit Lake 1.0 SWIA-DK-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/1,443 ft/26 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Pikes Point State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Okobojicity, 2 mi
- Spirit Lakecity, 3 mi
- Wahpetoncity, 3 mi
- Orleanscity, 4 mi
- Arnolds Parkcity, 4 mi
- West Okobojicity, 5 mi
- Milfordcity, 6 mi
- Lake Parkcity, 8 mi
- Superiorcity, 11 mi
- Fostoriacity, 12 mi
- Terrilcity, 12 mi
- Harriscity, 14 mi