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Fairfield, Iowa

City in Jefferson County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Fairfield

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 22 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good22 mi
  • Ozone16Good20 ppb22 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.8 ppb22 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairfield

0.07 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
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairfield, 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

FairfieldFFL

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/795 ft/19 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 1,060

Mount Pleasant 1 SSW [CCOOP]MPZI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.0 mi away/719 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Fairfield 0.4 EIA-JF-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/784 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FairfieldFRFI4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/774 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank778of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Fairfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Fairfield, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Fairfield, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFLFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAIRFIELDSECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEFairfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FFLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Fairfield: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FFLFIG. B THE AIR AT FAIRFIELDTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 51.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEFairfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fairfield, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 18 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 FFLFIG. C THE WIND AT FAIRFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFairfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FFLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FFL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fairfield (FRFI4), 2.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Fairfield

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

Near Fairfield

River and lake gauges