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Farragut, Iowa

City in Fremont County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Farragut

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 29 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Farragut

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Farragut, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Farragut, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Riverton 0.2 WSWIA-FM-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/940 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ShenandoahSDHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/958 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank17of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Shenandoah, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Farragut, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Shenandoah, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SHENANDOAHSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTTITLEShenandoah, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SDATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SDA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Shenandoah: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDAFIG. B THE AIR AT SHENANDOAHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEShenandoah, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SDATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SDA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Shenandoah, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDAFIG. C THE WIND AT SHENANDOAHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEShenandoah, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SDATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SDA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Shenandoah (SDHI4), 8.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Farragut

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

Near Farragut

River and lake gauges