station climatology
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live obs
64°F
KDAL 0653Z
today high so far
64°F
at 00:53
forecast peak75°NOAA GFS
typical further climb+13.3°
observed 00:53 local
usually warmestsunset 17:29
00040812162024 now
chance of each range today's high

No estimate right now: this morning's forecast has not arrived yet.

live temperature, 24h °F local
52°58°64°70°76°82°03:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00ECMWF 73°FNOW 64°F
52°58°64°70°76°82°00:0006:0012:0018:0000:0006:0012:0018:00ECMWF 73°FNOW 64°F
actual dewpoint ecmwf usual range
station report raw METAR KDAL, 8 obs
METAR KDAL 100653Z 21004KT 10SM FEW060 SCT130 18/15 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP216 T01780150
local temp dew wind cloud wx
00:53 64° 59° 210/04 SCT130 —
23:53 65° 59° 230/05 BKN060 —
22:53 65° 59° 210/05 OVC150 —
21:53 66° 60° 230/05 OVC150 —
20:53 66° 60° 230/07 OVC150 —
19:53 67° 60° 220/05 OVC150 —
18:53 69° 57° 000/00 BKN041 —
17:53 69° 56° 000/00 BKN044 —
current state
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METAR 64°F at 00:53 local, inside the usual range for the last 14 days (61°F–71°F) KDAL, tracking climatology
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This-hour → peak climb median +5.6°F (n=14) — projects to ~70°F @ 15:00 if pattern holds based on noon→peak deltas in 14d window
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Climb (last ~90min): +0.1°F/h, dewpoint rising (59°F→59°F) humidifying — caps daytime warming, cloud development likely
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Clock test: METAR (64°F @ 00:53) with climatology suggests peak ≥79°F possible 14d records show 4/14 days reached ≥79°F
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Today vs ECMWF: running -5.1°F behind trajectory ECMWF ens-mean 73°F, current 64°F @ 00:53
stations temperature + wind loading…
cool hot colour = deviation from network median, arrow = wind direction, length = speed

Cloud cover layers — METAR reports the lowest broken/overcast layer first. Higher number = more sky covered.

SKC / CLR / NCDclear sky, no significant clouds
FEW1–2 oktas (12–25% cover), light scatter
SCT3–4 oktas (37–50%), scattered
BKN5–7 oktas (62–87%), broken (mostly cloudy)
OVC8 oktas (100%), overcast
VVvertical visibility (sky obscured by fog/precip)
+CBcumulonimbus suffix, thunderstorm cell
+TCUtowering cumulus, pre-storm vertical development

BKN014 = broken cloud at 1,400 ft. BKN014+CB = broken cloud + cumulonimbus present.

2026-11-10
this hour median 69.1°F usual 61.0°F–71.1°F
typical 15:00 78.1°F usual 73.9°F–81.0°F
noon → peak climb +5.6°F
how hot it gets last 14 days
84°F
14d high, 2026 11 02
avg high78.1°F
usual range73.9°F – 81.0°F
days ≥79°F4 / 14
days ≥80°F4 / 14
days ≥81°F3 / 14
when it peaks where the daily maximum usually lands
13:00–15:00
where the high landed on 77% of days

On dates near this one, this station's daily maximum fell between 13:00 and 15:00 local on 77% of 127 days, most often around 14:00.

The five-year mean curve is highest at 15:00 — that is when the average day is warmest, which runs later than the typical day's own peak.

Use the noon→later climb panel on the right to map current readings to expected peak.

afternoon climb noon to the peak 5-year mean for this date
12:00 → 13:00+1.0°F mean, 5y, n=66
12:00 → 14:00+1.5°F mean, 5y, n=66
12:00 → 15:00+1.5°F mean, 5y, n=66
12:00 → 16:00+0.4°F mean, 5y, n=66
12:00 → 17:00-1.9°F mean, 5y, n=66
12:00 → 18:00-3.8°F mean, 5y, n=66
12:00 → 19:00-5.0°F mean, 5y, n=66
12:00 → 20:00-6.3°F mean, 5y, n=66
today @ 12:00awaiting (now 00:53)
implied peak~79°F (clim) vs ecmwf 73°F
heating passport climb to peak 67 observations per hour, 5 years, ±7 days
64° now at 01:00typically +13.3° more (p90 +22.0°)expected peak 77°peak already set on 6% of days by now
hrtemp remaining climbmean already peaked
0060°+12.5°6%
0159°+13.3°6%
0258°+14.1°6%
0357°+14.6°6%
0457°+14.9°6%
0557°+15.3°6%
0656°+15.5°6%
0758°+14.2°6%
0860°+11.6°6%
0963°+8.6°7%
1066°+6.0°8%
1168°+3.8°8%
1269°+2.3°17%
1370°+1.2°42%
1471°+0.5°76%
1571°+0.1°91%
1670°+0.1°97%
1767°+0.1°98%
1866°+0.1°98%
1964°+0.1°98%
2063°+0.1°98%
2162°+0.1°98%
2261°+0.1°98%
2360°+0.0°100%
cloud regime Sep–Nov, against this date's normal
nowscattered1.6° above normal across 73 days (+0.4 to +2.8).
coldernormalwarmer
clear-2.7°35d
few+1.8°154d
scattered+1.6°73d
broken-0.5°80d
overcast-6.2°46d
Each bar is the middle half of days (25th–75th percentile) under that sky, with a tick at the mean; the centre line is this station's normal for the date. Sky state is the mean cover across the hours the day warms (09–15 local), not a single reading. An indicator, not a cause — where a sky state is rare it tends to arrive with the system that made it rare, so a large figure is usually the weather pattern showing through the cloud rather than the cloud itself. Greyed rows are not separable from normal.
wind regime Sep–Nov, against this date's normal
nowSW at 4kt6.3° above normal across 23 days (+3.2 to +9.4).
coldernormalwarmer
SW+6.3°23d
VARIABLE+3.7°10d
S+3.2°108d
CALM+0.8°22d
SE-0.3°69d
NW-2.8°33d
E-3.5°33d
NE-3.8°21d
N-7.6°43d
Each bar is the middle half of days (25th–75th percentile) for that direction, with a tick at the mean; the centre line is this station's normal for the date. Direction is where the wind came from. An indicator, not a cause -- a direction arrives with a weather system, and it is the system you are seeing. Greyed rows are not separable from normal. ⚠ “now” is the latest single observation, while the history buckets whole days (09–15 local averaged), so today may still finish in a different sector.
hourly profile, 14d median local time
localmedminmaxp25p75
00:00 69°F 54°F 78°F 61°F 71°F
01:00 69°F 54°F 76°F 61°F 70°F
02:00 68°F 54°F 74°F 59°F 69°F
03:00 67°F 53°F 72°F 58°F 69°F
04:00 66°F 52°F 71°F 58°F 68°F
05:00 66°F 51°F 70°F 57°F 68°F
06:00 65°F 51°F 70°F 57°F 67°F
07:00 64°F 52°F 69°F 56°F 67°F
08:00 64°F 52°F 69°F 58°F 67°F
09:00 66°F 57°F 72°F 62°F 69°F
10:00 67°F 60°F 76°F 64°F 69°F
11:00 70°F 62°F 79°F 66°F 74°F
12:00 73°F 65°F 81°F 69°F 76°F
13:00 76°F 67°F 83°F 71°F 78°F
14:00 77°F 68°F 84°F 72°F 79°F
15:00 77°F 69°F 83°F 73°F 80°F
16:00 77°F 67°F 82°F 74°F 81°F
17:00 77°F 67°F 82°F 71°F 79°F
18:00 76°F 66°F 81°F 69°F 77°F
19:00 75°F 65°F 79°F 67°F 76°F
20:00 74°F 63°F 78°F 65°F 76°F
21:00 73°F 61°F 78°F 63°F 74°F
22:00 71°F 58°F 78°F 63°F 72°F
23:00 70°F 56°F 78°F 62°F 71°F
observed highs last 14 days Iowa Environmental Mesonet
11-09 64°F —
11-08 70°F —
11-07 69°F —
11-06 74°F —
11-05 81°F —
11-04 76°F —
11-03 76°F —
11-02 84°F —
11-01 78°F —
10-31 77°F —
10-30 74°F —
10-29 78°F —
10-28 83°F —
10-27 82°F —
forecast record what our morning pick said last 14 days
daymodelsaid highmiss
08-11GFS72°70°+2.0°
07-11GFS66°69°-3.2°
06-11GFS72°74°-2.5°
05-11GFS78°81°-3.4°
04-11GFS75°76°-1.0°
03-11GFS76°76°+0.3°
02-11GFS84°84°-0.3°
01-11GFS79°78°+1.1°
31-10GFS76°77°-0.8°
30-10GFS76°74°+2.2°
29-10GFS83°78°+5.2°
28-10GFS82°83°-0.5°
27-10GFS83°82°+0.7°
26-10GFS80°79°+0.9°
Each morning the site picks the model that has missed least here lately and takes out its usual lean; this is that forecast, made before the day's heating, beside what the station recorded. Over all 31 scored days: a typical miss of 1.7°, within a degree on 45% of days.
what each model says daily maximum ordered by accuracy at this station
models disagree by6.8°across 7 models today
modeltoday tomorrow its typical miss
NOAA GFS75.4°77.5°1.53°most accurate here
DWD ICON73.8°78.8°1.70°
Environment Canada GEM76.1°78.3°1.98°
UK Met Office71.4°75.6°2.08°
CMA GRAPES69.3°74.5°2.36°
ECMWF IFS72.7°76.6°2.55°
JMA GSM71.2°74.8°3.24°
Ordered by each model's track record at this station, not by a global ranking — the best model is not the same everywhere, and the median gap between a station's best and worst model is 1.2°C. A wide disagreement means the models have found different weather, not that the average of them is right.
model skill which model to trust here vs observed station max
model accuracy typical miss warm / cold within 1°
NOAA GFS1.53°-0.53°38%
DWD ICON1.70°-0.71°33%
Environment Canada GEM1.98°-0.83°31%
UK Met Office2.08°-1.26°26%
CMA GRAPES2.36°-1.64°23%
ECMWF IFS2.55°-1.39°38%
JMA GSM3.24°-2.98°21%
Typical miss is how far off the model usually is, in either direction — lower is better. Warm / cold is which way it leans: a model can be accurate on average and still run consistently warm here. Within 1° is how often it landed inside a degree. Scored against what this station actually recorded, over 39 days.
forecast TAF, valid 10/06Z→11/06Z
base10/06Z→11/06Z210° 5kt; >6 statute miles; in the vicinity showers; broken at 6,000ft
from10/14Z onwards200° 8kt; >6 statute miles; scattered at 5,000ft; broken at 9,000ft
TAF KDAL 100528Z 1006/1106 21005KT P6SM VCSH BKN060 FM101400 20008KT P6SM SCT050 BKN090
market vs climatology today 67 past days near this date
max market climatology marketclimate days
≤67°F0%24%16/67
68-69°F0%4%3/67
70-71°F10%12%8/67
72-73°F32%7%5/67
74-75°F43%7%5/67
76-77°F16%12%8/67
78-79°F4%6%4/67
80-81°F0%16%11/67
82-83°F0%4%3/67
84-85°F0%3%2/67
≥86°F0%3%2/67
Climatology is what this station actually recorded on this date across five years of IEM observations, bucketed on the rounded whole degree exactly as the market settles. It is a base rate, not a forecast — it knows nothing about today's weather, and the market does. Where the two differ, the market usually has the better information. Market column sums to 107% and climatology to 100%.