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Cushing, Iowa

City in Woodbury County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Cushing

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sioux City (IA), 36 miles off.

18Good
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cushing

1.00 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cushing, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Cushing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

CherokeeCKP

At an airfield/19.4 mi away/1,226 ft/78 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank848of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Holstein 5NNWHLSI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/1,376 ft/72 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Anthon 2.2 NIA-WD-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/1,219 ft/85 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cherokee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.4 mi from Cushing, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cherokee, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKPFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHEROKEESECTION, 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 DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECherokee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CKPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cherokee: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKPFIG. B THE AIR AT CHEROKEETHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 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 POINTTITLECherokee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cherokee, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKPFIG. C THE WIND AT CHEROKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECherokee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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