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Clive, Iowa

City in Polk County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Clive

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 9 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clive

0.73 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
0.73in
Last 3 days
0.73in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clive, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Clive, 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 now6 instruments

AmesS2031

At a soil climate station/27.2 mi away/1,073 ft/166 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank748of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Clive 2.0 WIA-PK-113

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/917 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

JohnstonUBSI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/942 ft/35 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank795of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Des Moines, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from Clive, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Des Moines, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 4,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DSMFIG. A THE SKY OVER DES MOINESSECTION, 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 4,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDes Moines, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DSMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DSM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Des Moines: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DSMFIG. B THE AIR AT DES MOINESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 7.0 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 POINTTITLEDes Moines, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DSMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DSM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Des Moines, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DSMFIG. C THE WIND AT DES MOINESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDes Moines, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DSMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DSM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Johnston (UBSI4), 5.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 15:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Clive

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