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Chillicothe, Iowa

City in Wapello County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Chillicothe

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 39 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Chillicothe

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Chillicothe, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chillicothe, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OttumwaOTM

At an airfield/4.5 mi away/846 ft/166 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

EddyvilleRDYI4

Beside a road/7.3 mi away/801 ft/121 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Ottumwa 1.6 WSWIA-WP-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/689 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OttumwaOTWI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/804 ft/124 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank673of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Eddyville, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.3 mi from Chillicothe, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:20 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Eddyville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. A THE SKY OVER EDDYVILLESECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEEddyville, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDYI4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

52.9 F with a dew point of 38.1 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Eddyville: temperature 52.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.1, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. B THE AIR AT EDDYVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.9 FTEMPERATURE 52.9 FDEW POINT 38.1 FSPREAD 14.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLEEddyville, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDYI4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Eddyville, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. C THE WIND AT EDDYVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEddyville, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RDYI4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

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

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Snow on the ground

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