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Center Junction, Iowa

Community in Jones County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Center Junction

Index 7, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 40 miles off.

7Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone-17 ppb25 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Center Junction

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Center Junction, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Center Junction, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

MonticelloMCLI4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/812 ft/115 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank94of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Monticello Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Center Junction, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Monticello Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMonticello Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Monticello Muni: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Monticello Muni, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonticello Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

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Snow on the ground

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