Citizen station DW9979DW9979
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/638 ft/43 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, Iowa
State Recreation Area in Dubuque County, Iowa56°
74°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 56°·Light breeze 5 mph S
Now. Mines of Spain State Recreation Area is 56° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 78°, and the coolest Thursday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 3:43 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 32 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
76%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
56feels56
now, clear
Today
Oct 6
7452
16mph
Wed
Oct 7
7556
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 8
6751
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 9
7048
overcast
Sat
Oct 10
7755
14mph
Sun
Oct 11
7861
12mph
Mon
Oct 12
7259
28%
56°
74°52°
75°56°
67°51°
70°48°
77°55°
78°61°
72°59°
As of 1:00 AM in Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, Iowa.
Air quality
The air at Mines of Spain State Recreation Area
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 37 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good17.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 5
- GoodTodayOct 6
- GoodWedOct 7
- GoodThuOct 8
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mines of Spain State Recreation Area
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Wed 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Wed 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 2.24 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 595 ft
- County
- Dubuque County
- State
- Iowa
- Latitude
- 42.4530° N
- Longitude
- 90.6151° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Mississippi River AT Dubuque LD11DLDI4
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/623 ft/28 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
DubuqueDBQ
At an airfield/6.1 mi away/1,079 ft/484 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dubuque (US 20)RDBI4
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/820 ft/225 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Dubuque 1.5 SEIA-DB-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/784 ft/189 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dubuque L&D 11DLDI4
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/623 ft/28 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mississippi River AT Dubuque LD11 (DLDI4), 4.7 miles from here, read 5 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Iowa
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Mines of Spain State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.