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Charlotte, Iowa

City in Clinton County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Charlotte

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Clinton (IA), 17 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good16.3 mi
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Charlotte

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Charlotte, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Charlotte, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ClintonCWI

At an airfield/11.5 mi away/709 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank357of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Charlotte 0.2 SSEIA-CN-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/699 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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De WittDWTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/676 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Clinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Charlotte, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Clinton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLINTONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEClinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Clinton: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. B THE AIR AT CLINTONTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEClinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWI-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 16 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Clinton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. C THE WIND AT CLINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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