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Beside a road/2.9 mi away/863 ft/26 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Granger, Iowa
City in Dallas County, Iowa* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29-32 expected and widespread frost. * 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.
39°
59°/33°
Clear·
Feels like 37°·Light air 4 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Granger until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Granger is 39° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:24 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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
49Air quality
84%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
39feels37
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
5933
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6540
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6742
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7047
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7351
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7654
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
7757
12mph
39°
59°33°
65°40°
67°42°
70°47°
73°51°
76°54°
77°57°
As of 12:00 AM in Granger, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Granger
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 18 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good14.2 mi
- Ozone20Good12 ppb8.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Granger
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.59in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 5%
Visibility
How far you can see at Granger, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Granger, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Granger, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Rank906of 1,055
Citizen station GW0850GW0850
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/944 ft/55 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Des Moines River 4 WNW Saylorville ReservoirSAYI4
At a reservoir/8.0 mi away/896 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AnkenyIKV
At an airfield/14.0 mi away/888 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AmesS2031
At a soil climate station/17.3 mi away/1,073 ft/184 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Des Moines 17 E54902
At a climate reference station/31.1 mi away/903 ft/14 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Madrid 6.4 SIA-PK-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/973 ft/84 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/932 ft/43 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Ankeny, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Granger, Iowa. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
41.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
The wind
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Ankeny, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at NWS Des Moines (DMX), 5.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Granger
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.