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Baldwin, Iowa

City in Jackson County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Baldwin

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Clinton (IA), 37 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baldwin

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.35in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Baldwin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Monmouth 0.5 NNEIA-JC-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/801 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LowdenLWDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/738 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank351of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Monticello Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.3 mi from Baldwin, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Monticello Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONTICELLO MUNISECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMonticello Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 81 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 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Monticello Muni: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 81 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 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXOFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTICELLO MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEMonticello Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Monticello Muni, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXOFIG. C THE WIND AT MONTICELLO MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonticello Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lowden (LWDI4), 15.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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