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Dedham, Iowa

City in Carroll County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Dedham

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pisgah (IA), 57 miles off.

20Good
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dedham

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dedham, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dedham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CarrollCIN

At an airfield/9.7 mi away/1,198 ft/113 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank261of 1,060

Irwin 3 ESEIRWI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.3 mi away/1,322 ft/11 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Templeton 0.3 WSWIA-CR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/1,427 ft/116 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CarrollCINI4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1,257 ft/54 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Carroll, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.7 mi from Dedham, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 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 Carroll, 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 CINFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARROLLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECarroll, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Carroll: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. B THE AIR AT CARROLLTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.1 FTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 POINTTITLECarroll, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carroll, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. C THE WIND AT CARROLLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarroll, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Carroll (CINI4), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Dedham

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

Near Dedham

River and lake gauges