Citizen station FW8034FW8034
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/962 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Theme parks/Iowa/Town of Walnut Hill
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Town of Walnut Hill until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 61° today.
Now. Town of Walnut Hill is 49° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 4 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Town of Walnut Hill, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 8 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.67 in in the last 24 hours, 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 8 instruments nearest Town of Walnut Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Citizen station FW8034FW8034
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/962 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Des Moines (I-35)RDSI4
Beside a road/6.5 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/7.3 mi away/896 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Des MoinesDSM
At an airfield/8.5 mi away/965 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/25.5 mi away/903 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/26.5 mi away/1,073 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Urbandale 0.7 WIA-PK-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/949 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
JohnstonUBSI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/942 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Johnston (UBSI4), 4.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 15:00. 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.