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Eldora, Iowa

City in Hardin County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Eldora

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 37 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Eldora

0.99 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.99in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Eldora, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Iowa FallsIFA

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/1,137 ft/54 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank188of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Eldora 0.3 ESEIA-HD-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,077 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Iowa FallsIWAI4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/1,132 ft/49 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank78of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Iowa Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Eldora, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,200 ft, broken at 3,800 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Iowa Falls, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. A THE SKY OVER IOWA FALLSSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIowa Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.6 F with a dew point of 42.6 F, 77 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 3,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Iowa Falls: temperature 49.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.6, 77 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 3,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. B THE AIR AT IOWA FALLSTHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,200 FTTEMPERATURE 49.6 FDEW POINT 42.6 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEIowa Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Iowa Falls, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. C THE WIND AT IOWA FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIowa Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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