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Eldridge, Iowa

City in Scott County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Eldridge

Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Davenport (IA), 9 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good8.3 mi
  • Ozone7Good16 ppb4.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good13.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.8 ppb8.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb8.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm8.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Eldridge

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Eldridge, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Eldridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Quad CitiesDVN

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/751 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 1,060

Davenport (I-80/I-280)RDVI4

Beside a road/5.8 mi away/676 ft/115 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Eldridge 0.6 SIA-ST-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/781 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Davenport 6NDVNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/748 ft/43 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank222of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Quad Cities, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Eldridge, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Quad Cities, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVNFIG. A THE SKY OVER QUAD CITIESSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEQuad Cities, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Quad Cities: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVNFIG. B THE AIR AT QUAD CITIESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEQuad Cities, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Quad Cities, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVNFIG. C THE WIND AT QUAD CITIESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEQuad Cities, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Davenport 6N (DVNI4), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Eldridge

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Near Eldridge

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