Leon (I-35)/IA 2)RLEI4
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/1,145 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Little River Beach, Iowa
Beach in Decatur 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°
51°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Little River Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Little River Beach is 47° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 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 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
76%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
47feels41
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5143
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5732
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6538
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6745
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7246
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7552
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7556
10%
47°
51°43°
57°32°
65°38°
67°45°
72°46°
75°52°
75°56°
As of 2:00 AM in Little River Beach, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Little River Beach
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 53 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Little River Beach
0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 86%
Visibility
How far you can see at Little River Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Decatur County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 40.7677° N
- Longitude
- 93.7715° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Little River Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
LamoniLWD
At an airfield/11.6 mi away/1,093 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lucas 2SSW - Stephens State Forest RAWSSSFI4
A remote fire weather station/22.0 mi away/1,063 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Leon 4.2 EIA-DC-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/1,064 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lamoni3OI
At a cooperative observer's station/13.7 mi away/1,128 ft/- ft from 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 Little River Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Leoncity, 2 mi
- Decaturcity, 4 mi
- Van Wertcity, 7 mi
- Davis Citycity, 9 mi
- Weldoncity, 9 mi
- Garden Grovecity, 9 mi
- Grand Rivercity, 11 mi
- Le Roycity, 12 mi
- Pleasantoncity, 13 mi
- Lamonicity, 13 mi
- Beaconsfieldcity, 15 mi
- Kellertoncity, 15 mi
Beaches near Little River Beach
- Easter Lake Beach55 mi
- Rock Creek Beach83 mi
- Pine Lake Beach116 mi
- Sugar Bottom Day Use Beach134 mi
- Lakeside Beach147 mi
- Bel-Air Beach147 mi
- Casino Beach149 mi
- Bathing Beach Park153 mi