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Elberon, Iowa

City in Tama County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Elberon

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 34 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elberon

0.50 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
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elberon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

TamaRTMI4

Beside a road/3.0 mi away/820 ft/52 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

VintonVTI

At an airfield/21.0 mi away/837 ft/35 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank816of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Elberon 2.0 NIA-TM-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/936 ft/64 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ClutierCLUI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/899 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank781of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Vinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Elberon, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Vinton, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. A THE SKY OVER VINTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 5,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEVinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Vinton: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. B THE AIR AT VINTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 POINTTITLEVinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vinton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. C THE WIND AT VINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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