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Elma, Iowa

City in Howard County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Elma

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 51 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 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elma

0.88 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
0.88in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SaratogaSRGI4

Beside a road/8.8 mi away/1,357 ft/183 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank895of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

ElmaELMI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/1,175 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

New Hampton 0.3 NNWIA-CW-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.0 mi away/1,158 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Charles City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.7 mi from Elma, 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 Charles City, 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 CCYFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHARLES CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECharles City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CCYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCY-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 Charles City: 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 CCYFIG. B THE AIR AT CHARLES CITYTHE 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 40.2 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 POINTTITLECharles City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CCYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCY-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 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Charles City, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CCYFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLES CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharles City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CCYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Elma (ELMI4), 0.3 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Elma

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

Near Elma

River and lake gauges