Shagbark HillsS2068
At a soil climate station/5.7 mi away/1,119 ft/level with here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Anthon until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Anthon is 45° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 22 mph, gusting to 36 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 4 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 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Anthon, Iowa.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Sioux City (IA), 27 miles off.
Yesterday measured 19, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.52 in in the last 24 hours, 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Anthon, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Anthon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Shagbark HillsS2068
At a soil climate station/5.7 mi away/1,119 ft/level with here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Shagbark Hills ScanSHAI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/1,400 ft/281 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MovilleRSCI4
Beside a road/12.7 mi away/1,187 ft/68 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sioux CitySUX
At an airfield/26.2 mi away/1,102 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW2980FW2980
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.2 mi away/1,103 ft/16 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Anthon 2.2 NIA-WD-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,219 ft/100 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Holly Springs 1NWHLYI4
At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/1,066 ft/53 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 26.2 mi from Anthon, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 3,200 ft, overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
45.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,200 ft.
From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.
The full report of Sioux City, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Holly Springs 1NW (HLYI4), 13.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. 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.