Storm Station

Principal Park, Iowa

Stadium in Polk County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Principal Park

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 4 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good2 mi
  • Ozone21Good19 ppb2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 5, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 1 AM.

SunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at Principal Park

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Principal Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Tue 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Mon 3 AM.

SunMon

Stadium

Home team
Iowa Cubs
League
Pacific Coast League
Level
Professional
Seats
11,500
Roof
Open air
County
Polk County
State
Iowa
Latitude
41.5802° N
Longitude
93.6160° W

Stadium map

Southwest 2nd StreetSouthwest 3rd StreetLine Drive500 ftNMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbLSouthwest 2nd StreetLine Drive250 ftNMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Principal Park and the streets round it, north up. The sheet is 1,969 ft across; the bar is 500 ft.1,575 ft across; the bar is 250 ft. Parking lots and buildings are ruled; the stadium is outlined in blue and its field ruled in it. Sources

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Principal Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Des Moines (I-235)RDMI4

Beside a road/1.1 mi away/922 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Des MoinesDSM

At an airfield/3.7 mi away/965 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Des Moines 17 E54902

At a climate reference station/17.2 mi away/903 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

AmesS2031

At a soil climate station/29.5 mi away/1,073 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Des Moines 0.9 NIA-PK-142

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/809 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Des Moines WavelandWGCI4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/860 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Des Moines Waveland (WGCI4), 2.6 miles from here, read 3 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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