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Brooklyn, Iowa

City in Poweshiek County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Brooklyn

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 45 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Brooklyn

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brooklyn, 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

VictorVCTI4

Beside a road/8.9 mi away/865 ft/42 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

GrinnellGGI

At an airfield/15.0 mi away/1,007 ft/100 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Brooklyn 0.2 WSWIA-PW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/904 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BrooklynBRKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/827 ft/80 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Grinnell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Brooklyn, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grinnell, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRINNELLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrinnell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.4 F with a dew point of 40.5 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 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Grinnell: temperature 51.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.5, 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 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. B THE AIR AT GRINNELLTHE 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 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 51.4 FDEW POINT 40.5 FSPREAD 10.9 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 POINTTITLEGrinnell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grinnell, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. C THE WIND AT GRINNELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrinnell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Brooklyn

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