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Fort Dodge, Iowa

City in Webster County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Fort Dodge

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 72 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Dodge

1.35 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.35in
Last 3 days
1.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Dodge, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fort Dodge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fort DodgeFOD

At an airfield/3.1 mi away/1,165 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank158of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Dodge 0.5 NIA-WB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,112 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Dodge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.1 mi from Fort Dodge, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:07 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Dodge, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FODFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT DODGESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Dodge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FODTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Dodge: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FODFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT DODGETHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEFort Dodge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FODTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Dodge, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FODFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT DODGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Dodge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FODTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Fort Dodge 5 NNW (WMTI4), 1.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:27. measured daily

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