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Cresco, Iowa

City in Howard County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Cresco

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 46 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cresco

0.74 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.74in
Last 3 days
0.74in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cresco, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SaratogaSRGI4

Beside a road/17.8 mi away/1,357 ft/61 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank895of 1,060

DecorahDEH

At an airfield/19.9 mi away/1,157 ft/139 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank197of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Cresco 0.4 NWIA-HW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,307 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DecorahDCRI4

At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/876 ft/420 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank259of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Decorah, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.9 mi from Cresco, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,400 ft; the ceiling is 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Decorah, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, the ceiling at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEHFIG. A THE SKY OVER DECORAHSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 4,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDecorah, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DEHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Decorah: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEHFIG. B THE AIR AT DECORAHTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,400 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEDecorah, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DEHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 14 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Decorah, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 14; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEHFIG. C THE WIND AT DECORAHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDecorah, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DEHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Decorah (DCRI4), 16.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Cresco

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

Near Cresco

River and lake gauges