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Holiday Lake, Iowa

Community in Poweshiek County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Holiday Lake

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 47 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Holiday Lake

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Holiday Lake, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Holiday Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

VictorVCTI4

Beside a road/12.0 mi away/865 ft/13 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

GrinnellGGI

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,007 ft/129 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Brooklyn 0.2 WSWIA-PW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/904 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BrooklynBRKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/827 ft/51 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Grinnell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Holiday Lake, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grinnell, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRINNELLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrinnell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.5 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Grinnell: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. B THE AIR AT GRINNELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,400 FTTEMPERATURE 45.5 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 4.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEGrinnell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grinnell, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. C THE WIND AT GRINNELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrinnell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Holiday Lake

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