Storm Station

Sunset Beach, Iowa

Beach in Dickinson County, Iowa
65° 72°/62°
Fog· Feels like 65°·Light breeze 4 mph SSW

Alert. A Dense Fog Advisory is in force for Sunset Beach until 10 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 72° today.

Now. Sunset Beach is 65° and fog at 8:15 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 69°, and the coolest Monday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 24 mph.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 8:50 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 46 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low
-Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:15 AM
65feels65
now, fog
Today
Sep 30
7262
fog
Thu
Oct 1
6249
17mph
fog
Fri
Oct 2
6149
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6948
19mph
overcast
Sun
Oct 4
6345
13mph
overcast
Mon
Oct 5
6041
overcast
Tue
Oct 6
6649
24mph
drizzle dense
65°
72°62°
62°49°
61°49°
69°48°
63°45°
60°41°
66°49°

As of 8:15 AM in Sunset Beach, Iowa.

Beach

County
Dickinson County
State
Iowa
Latitude
43.3661° N
Longitude
95.1419° W

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sunset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SpencerSPW

At an airfield/14.1 mi away/1,322 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Spencer (US 18)RSPI4

Beside a road/16.7 mi away/1,483 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Milford 1.4 NNEIA-DK-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,452 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Milford 4 NWMFRI4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,424 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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