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Cylinder, Iowa

City in Palo Alto County, Iowa

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cylinder

1.00 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Cylinder, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cylinder, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AlgonaAXA

At an airfield/14.1 mi away/1,210 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank169of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Whittemore 0.1 WIA-KS-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,205 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

EmmetsburgEMMI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/1,230 ft/38 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Algona, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.1 mi from Cylinder, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,700 ft, broken at 3,200 ft, overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Algona, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALGONASECTION, 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 4,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlgona, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXA-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 41.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Algona: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. B THE AIR AT ALGONATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEAlgona, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Algona, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. C THE WIND AT ALGONAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlgona, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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