Storm Station
Sign in

Churdan, Iowa

City in Greene County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Churdan

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 60 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Churdan

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Churdan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CarrollCIN

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/1,198 ft/85 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank261of 1,060

Ames ScanAMMI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/39.3 mi away/1,073 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank720of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Churdan 1.0 SIA-GN-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,119 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Jefferson 2 NWJFFI4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/1,060 ft/53 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Carroll, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Churdan, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Carroll, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARROLLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECarroll, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Carroll: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. B THE AIR AT CARROLLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLECarroll, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carroll, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. C THE WIND AT CARROLLPLAN, 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, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarroll, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Churdan

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

Near Churdan

River and lake gauges