In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,283 ft/149 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Stone State Recreation Area, Iowa
State Recreation Area in Plymouth 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.
46°
52°/41°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Stone State Recreation Area until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 60° after 52° today.
Now. Stone State Recreation Area is 46° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
63%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
46feels40
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5241
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6031
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6641
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6644
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7145
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7653
15%
Thu
Oct 22
7556
16%
46°
52°41°
60°31°
66°41°
66°44°
71°45°
76°53°
75°56°
As of 12:00 AM in Stone State Recreation Area, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Stone State Recreation Area
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Sioux City (IA), 8 miles off.
19Good
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stone State Recreation Area
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.43in
- Last 3 days
- 0.59in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 73%
Visibility
How far you can see at Stone State Recreation Area, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 0.35 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,134 ft
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 42.6015° N
- Longitude
- 96.4866° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Stone State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Beside a road/7.9 mi away/1,138 ft/4 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
MilnervilleBKTI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.3 mi away/1,224 ft/90 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sioux CitySUX
At an airfield/15.5 mi away/1,102 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Shagbark HillsS2068
At a soil climate station/38.4 mi away/1,119 ft/15 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Sioux City 3.8 NIA-WD-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,154 ft/20 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sioux City AirportSXGI4
At an airfield/15.2 mi away/1,086 ft/48 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Stone State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sioux Citycity, 8 mi
- Hintoncity, 10 mi
- Westfieldcity, 12 mi
- Merrillcity, 15 mi
- Sergeant Bluffcity, 16 mi
- Akroncity, 16 mi
- Lawtoncity, 18 mi
- Brunsvillecity, 18 mi
- Bronsoncity, 19 mi
- Le Marscity, 21 mi
- Chatsworthcity, 22 mi
- Craigcity, 22 mi