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Danville, Iowa

City in Des Moines County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Danville

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 38 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Danville

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.45in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Danville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BurlingtonBRL

At an airfield/11.7 mi away/699 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Danville 2.9 WIA-DM-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/712 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BurlingtonBLGI4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/702 ft/19 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Burlington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Danville, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM 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 Burlington, 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 BRLFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBurlington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BRLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Burlington: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRLFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTONTHE 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 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.2 FTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEBurlington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BRLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRL-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 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BRLFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTONPLAN, 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 BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BRLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BRL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Burlington (BLGI4), 7.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Danville

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

Near Danville

River and lake gauges