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Blockton, Iowa

City in Taylor County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Blockton

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 38 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blockton

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blockton, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.3 miles Sat 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Blockton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mount AyrRMOI4

Beside a road/12.6 mi away/1,156 ft/32 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank303of 1,060

CrestonCSQ

At an airfield/28.5 mi away/1,290 ft/166 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank650of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

BlocktonBLKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/1,155 ft/31 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Bedford 0.5 NWIA-TY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.9 mi away/1,218 ft/94 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Creston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.5 mi from Blockton, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Creston, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 3,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. A THE SKY OVER CRESTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECreston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSQ-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 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Creston: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. B THE AIR AT CRESTONTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,200 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 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 POINTTITLECreston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 22 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Creston, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 22 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. C THE WIND AT CRESTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECreston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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