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Columbus City, Iowa

City in Louisa County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Columbus City

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 20 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good18.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbus City

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Columbus City, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Columbus City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AinsworthRAII4

Beside a road/8.5 mi away/712 ft/15 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank198of 1,060

MuscatineMUT

At an airfield/14.3 mi away/543 ft/184 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank181of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Columbus Junct 2 SSWCOJI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/709 ft/18 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Crawfordsville 2.7 ESEIA-WS-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/726 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Muscatine, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Columbus City, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Muscatine, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUTFIG. A THE SKY OVER MUSCATINESECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMuscatine, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MUTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 42.8 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.

Chart of the air at Muscatine: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MUTFIG. B THE AIR AT MUSCATINETHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.2 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 42.8 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 POINTTITLEMuscatine, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MUTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Muscatine, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the 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 MUTFIG. C THE WIND AT MUSCATINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMuscatine, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MUTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MUT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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