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Athelstan, Iowa

Community in Taylor County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Athelstan

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 38 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Athelstan

None in the last 24 hours; 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

How far you can see at Athelstan, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Athelstan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BedfordRBFI4

Beside a road/14.3 mi away/1,171 ft/17 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank863of 1,055

ClarindaICL

At an airfield/27.1 mi away/978 ft/176 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

BlocktonBLKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/1,155 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Bedford 0.5 NWIA-TY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/1,218 ft/64 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Clarinda, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.1 mi from Athelstan, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Clarinda, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLARINDASECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEClarinda, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ICL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Clarinda: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. B THE AIR AT CLARINDATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.0 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEClarinda, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ICL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Clarinda, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. C THE WIND AT CLARINDAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClarinda, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ICL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Athelstan

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