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Coon Rapids, Iowa

City in Carroll County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Coon Rapids

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 58 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Coon Rapids

1.00 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.00in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Coon Rapids, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Coon Rapids, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CarrollCIN

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/1,198 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank261of 1,060

Irwin 3 ESEIRWI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/25.4 mi away/1,322 ft/120 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Coon Rapids 4.5 NEIA-GN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/1,195 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CarrollCINI4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.9 mi away/1,257 ft/55 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Carroll, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Coon Rapids, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Carroll, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 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

48.2 F with a dew point of 41.0 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 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Carroll: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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 3,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 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 west northwest (300 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carroll, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Carroll (CINI4), 15.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Coon Rapids

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

Near Coon Rapids

River and lake gauges