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Brighton, Iowa

City in Washington County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Brighton

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 35 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Highest 55, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brighton

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brighton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WashingtonAWG

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/751 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,060

OldsROUI4

Beside a road/14.7 mi away/723 ft/26 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank265of 1,060

Mount Pleasant 1 SSW [CCOOP]MPZI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/719 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Washington 6.0 WSWIA-WS-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/738 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WashingtonWSHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/751 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank29of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Washington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Brighton, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft.

Section of the sky over Washington, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WASHINGTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTTITLEWashington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Washington: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. B THE AIR AT WASHINGTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEWashington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Washington, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. C THE WIND AT WASHINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWashington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Washington (WSHI4), 10.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Brighton

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

Near Brighton

River and lake gauges