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Guthrie Center, Iowa

City in Guthrie County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Guthrie Center

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 45 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Guthrie Center

0.25 in in the last 24 hours, 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Guthrie Center, the next 42 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Guthrie Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PerryPRO

At an airfield/20.2 mi away/1,004 ft/143 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank638of 1,060

Irwin 3 ESEIRWI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/34.1 mi away/1,322 ft/175 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Guthrie Center 0.1 NEIA-GT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,165 ft/18 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Guthrie CenterGTHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/1,211 ft/64 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank88of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Perry, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.2 mi from Guthrie Center, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,200 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Perry, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. A THE SKY OVER PERRYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPerry, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.6 F with a dew point of 39.6 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Perry: temperature 48.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.6, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. B THE AIR AT PERRYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,200 FTTEMPERATURE 48.6 FDEW POINT 39.6 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEPerry, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Perry, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. C THE WIND AT PERRYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPerry, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Perry, 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 Guthrie Center

River and lake gauges