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Amana, Iowa

Community in Iowa County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Amana

Index 7, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 19 miles off.

7Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good15.4 mi
  • Ozone-17 ppb15.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Amana

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Amana, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Amana, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Amana 4.7 WIA-IA-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/766 ft/28 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SwisherSWHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/797 ft/59 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Cedar Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Amana, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cedar Rapids, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIDFIG. A THE SKY OVER CEDAR RAPIDSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECedar Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CIDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CID-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Cedar Rapids: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIDFIG. B THE AIR AT CEDAR RAPIDSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLECedar Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CIDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CID-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cedar Rapids, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIDFIG. C THE WIND AT CEDAR RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECedar Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CIDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CID-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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