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Hazleton, Iowa

City in Buchanan County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Hazleton

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 27 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good22.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hazleton

0.96 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.96in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hazleton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OelweinOLZ

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/1,076 ft/82 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Oelwein 0.3 EIA-FY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/1,072 ft/78 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Oelwein 1EOLNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/1,168 ft/174 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oelwein, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from Hazleton, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 800 ft, broken at 1,300 ft, broken at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Oelwein, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLZFIG. A THE SKY OVER OELWEINSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEOelwein, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OLZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Oelwein: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLZFIG. B THE AIR AT OELWEINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.2 F, 48.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEOelwein, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oelwein, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLZFIG. C THE WIND AT OELWEINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOelwein, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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