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Clarinda, Iowa

City in Page County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Clarinda

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 16 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good15.9 mi
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb15.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clarinda

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Clarinda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ClarindaICL

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/978 ft/58 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank253of 1,060

BedfordRBFI4

Beside a road/14.2 mi away/1,171 ft/135 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

ClarindaCLDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,017 ft/19 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank91of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Clarinda, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from Clarinda, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 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 Clarinda, 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 ICLFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLARINDASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEClarinda, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Clarinda: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. B THE AIR AT CLARINDATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEClarinda, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Clarinda, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. C THE WIND AT CLARINDAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClarinda, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Clarinda (CLDI4), 0.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Clarinda

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