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Crawfordsville, Iowa

City in Washington County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Crawfordsville

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 29 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crawfordsville

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crawfordsville, the next 43 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Crawfordsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OldsROUI4

Beside a road/5.0 mi away/723 ft/9 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank265of 1,060

WashingtonAWG

At an airfield/8.3 mi away/751 ft/19 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,060

Mount Pleasant 1 SSW [CCOOP]MPZI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.3 mi away/719 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Crawfordsville 2.7 ESEIA-WS-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/726 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WashingtonWSHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/751 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank29of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Washington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Crawfordsville, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,800 ft, scattered at 2,300 ft, broken at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Washington, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WASHINGTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWashington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWG-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 51.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Washington: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. B THE AIR AT WASHINGTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEWashington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Washington, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. C THE WIND AT WASHINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWashington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AWG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Washington (WSHI4), 8.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Crawfordsville

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

Near Crawfordsville

River and lake gauges