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Goldfield, Iowa

City in Wright County, Iowa

Precipitation

What has fallen at Goldfield

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.79 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.79in

Visibility

How far you can see at Goldfield, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Goldfield, 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

ClarionCAV

At an airfield/8.2 mi away/1,149 ft/19 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank168of 1,055

HumboldtRHUI4

Beside a road/16.6 mi away/1,118 ft/12 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank203of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

Goldfield 0.5 ENEIA-HB-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,119 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KanawhaKANI4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/1,181 ft/51 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Clarion, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Goldfield, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 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 Clarion, 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 CAVFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLARIONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEClarion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CAVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CAV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Clarion: temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAVFIG. B THE AIR AT CLARIONTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.4 FTEMPERATURE 41.0 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEClarion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CAV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Clarion, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 7 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 CAVFIG. C THE WIND AT CLARIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClarion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CAV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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