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Belle Plaine, Iowa

City in Benton County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Belle Plaine

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 40 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Belle Plaine

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

How far you can see at Belle Plaine, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Belle Plaine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

TamaRTMI4

Beside a road/4.7 mi away/820 ft/45 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

VintonVTI

At an airfield/25.5 mi away/837 ft/28 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank816of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Belle PlaineBLLI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/856 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank705of 1,060

Elberon 4.1 SIA-TM-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/792 ft/73 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Vinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.5 mi from Belle Plaine, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,500 ft, broken at 3,100 ft, overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Vinton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. A THE SKY OVER VINTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEVinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Vinton: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. B THE AIR AT VINTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEVinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vinton, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. C THE WIND AT VINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Belle Plaine (BLLI4), 0.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Belle Plaine

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