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Ely, Iowa

City in Linn County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Ely

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 15 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good15.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ely

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ely, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ely, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ely 0.5 SEIA-LN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/758 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank131of 1,060

SwisherSWHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/797 ft/52 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cedar Rapids (US 30), drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.5 mi from Ely, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 41.9 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cedar Rapids (US 30): temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.9, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCII4FIG. B THE AIR AT CEDAR RAPIDS (US 30)THE 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 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.9 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 41.9 FSPREAD 4.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLECedar Rapids (US 30), the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS RCII4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCII4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cedar Rapids (US 30), north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCII4FIG. C THE WIND AT CEDAR RAPIDS (US 30)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECedar Rapids (US 30), the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS RCII4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCII4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 807 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.06 inHg and the temperature at 56.1 F; it reports 46.4 F, 9.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Cedar Rapids (US 30) stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 807 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.06 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCII4FIG. D WHERE CEDAR RAPIDS (US 30) STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECEDAR RAPIDS (US 30)3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT807 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.06 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED46.4 FTITLECedar Rapids (US 30), the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS RCII4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCII4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Cedar Rapids (US 30), in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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