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Fontanelle, Iowa

City in Adair County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Fontanelle

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 33 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fontanelle

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.61in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fontanelle, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sun 7 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fontanelle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

CrestonCSQ

At an airfield/21.5 mi away/1,290 ft/66 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank665of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

Fontanelle 0.5 EIA-AR-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,275 ft/81 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GreenfieldGRNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/1,332 ft/24 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank849of 1,055

Station report

The weather at Creston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Fontanelle, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 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 Creston, 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 CSQFIG. A THE SKY OVER CRESTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECreston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CSQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.4 F with a dew point of 33.8 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 Creston: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 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 CSQFIG. B THE AIR AT CRESTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.0 FTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 33.8 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 POINTTITLECreston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CSQ-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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Creston, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. C THE WIND AT CRESTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECreston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CSQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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

Near Fontanelle

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