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Elk Run Heights, Iowa

City in Black Hawk County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Elk Run Heights

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 7 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good3.6 mi
  • Ozone-14 ppb22.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elk Run Heights

1.00 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elk Run Heights, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Elk Run Heights, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elk Run Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WaterlooALO

At an airfield/9.5 mi away/879 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Raymond 1.7 SIA-BH-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/896 ft/54 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Waterloo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Elk Run Heights, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:04 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,300 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waterloo, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALOFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATERLOOSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaterloo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Waterloo: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALOFIG. B THE AIR AT WATERLOOTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEWaterloo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waterloo, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALOFIG. C THE WIND AT WATERLOOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaterloo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Waterloo Airport (ALXI4), 7.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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