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Hawarden, Iowa

City in Sioux County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Hawarden

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Vermillion (SD), 27 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hawarden

0.90 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.90in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hawarden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AkronRAWI4

Beside a road/14.5 mi away/1,403 ft/214 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank219of 1,060

MilnervilleBKTI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.4 mi away/1,224 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank195of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Ireton 5.5 NIA-SX-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/1,429 ft/240 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank695of 1,060

Rock ValleyRKVI4

At a cooperative observer's station/16.5 mi away/1,257 ft/68 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sioux County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Hawarden, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sioux County, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SXKFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIOUX COUNTYSECTION, 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 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESioux County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SXKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SXK-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 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Sioux County: 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 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SXKFIG. B THE AIR AT SIOUX COUNTYTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,800 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 POINTTITLESioux County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SXKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SXK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sioux County, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SXKFIG. C THE WIND AT SIOUX COUNTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESioux County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SXKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SXK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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