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Albia, Iowa

City in Monroe County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Albia

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 47 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Highest 55, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Albia

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Albia, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Albia, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Albia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

EddyvilleRDYI4

Beside a road/11.8 mi away/801 ft/161 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

OttumwaOTM

At an airfield/19.4 mi away/846 ft/116 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Albia 1.8 ESEIA-MR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/884 ft/78 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Albia 3 NNEALBI4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/820 ft/142 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Eddyville, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.8 mi from Albia, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:05 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Eddyville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. A THE SKY OVER EDDYVILLESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEEddyville, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDYI4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.7 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Eddyville: temperature 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. B THE AIR AT EDDYVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.7 FTEMPERATURE 54.7 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 6.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEEddyville, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDYI4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 27 mph.

Plan of the wind at Eddyville, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. C THE WIND AT EDDYVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEddyville, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDYI4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of Eddyville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Albia

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Albia

River and lake gauges