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Bridgewater, Iowa

City in Adair County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Bridgewater

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 27 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bridgewater

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bridgewater, the next 43 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bridgewater, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CrestonCSQ

At an airfield/22.4 mi away/1,290 ft/80 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank650of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Bridgewater 0.2 NNWIA-AR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,283 ft/73 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MassenaMSNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/1,211 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Creston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.4 mi from Bridgewater, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Creston, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 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 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 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

48.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Creston: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 north (350 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Creston, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong 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 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Massena (MSNI4), 4.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bridgewater

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bridgewater

River and lake gauges