Des Moines (I-35)RDSI4
Beside a road/2.3 mi away/735 ft/72 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Walnut Woods State Park, Iowa
State Park in Polk County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * 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.
47°
53°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Walnut Woods State Park until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Walnut Woods State Park is 47° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
74%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
47feels41
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5345
11%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6033
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6641
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6845
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7147
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7657
10%
47°
53°45°
60°33°
66°41°
68°45°
71°47°
75°52°
76°57°
As of 6:00 AM in Walnut Woods State Park, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Walnut Woods State Park
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 4 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Walnut Woods State Park
0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.68in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 94%
Visibility
How far you can see at Walnut Woods State Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.36 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 807 ft
- County
- Polk County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 41.5421° N
- Longitude
- 93.7363° W
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Walnut Woods State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Des MoinesDSM
At an airfield/4.3 mi away/965 ft/158 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW0005CW0005
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/960 ft/153 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/11.4 mi away/896 ft/89 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/23.3 mi away/903 ft/96 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/31.7 mi away/1,073 ft/266 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
West Des Moines 0.4 WIA-PK-110
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/886 ft/79 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Des Moines AirportDSXI4
At an airfield/4.2 mi away/953 ft/146 ft above 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 Airport (DSXI4), 4.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Walnut Woods State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Des Moinescity, 3 mi
- Cummingcity, 4 mi
- Windsor Heightscity, 5 mi
- Norwalkcity, 5 mi
- Clivecity, 6 mi
- Urbandalecity, 6 mi
- Des Moinescity, 7 mi
- Waukeecity, 8 mi
- Johnstoncity, 9 mi
- Spring Hillcity, 10 mi
- Grimescity, 11 mi
- Saylorvillecommunity, 11 mi