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Cascade, Iowa

City in Dubuque County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Cascade

Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 53 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cascade

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.55 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cascade, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cascade, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

CascadeCASI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/814 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Cascade 1.4 ENEIA-DB-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/933 ft/111 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Monticello Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Cascade, Iowa. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Monticello Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONTICELLO MUNISECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMonticello Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MXO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

30.2 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Monticello Muni: temperature 30.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXOFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTICELLO MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 30.2 F, 30.2 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 POINTTITLEMonticello Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MXO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Monticello Muni, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXOFIG. C THE WIND AT MONTICELLO MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonticello Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MXO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Cascade (CASI4), 0.2 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Cascade

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

Near Cascade

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