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Holland, Iowa

City in Grundy County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Holland

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 21 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Holland

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Holland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Grundy CenterGNDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/1,024 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Parkersburg 6.3 SSEIA-GY-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/1,044 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Marshalltown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Holland, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 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 Marshalltown, 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 MIWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARSHALLTOWNSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMarshalltown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MIWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MIW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Marshalltown: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MIWFIG. B THE AIR AT MARSHALLTOWNTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.1 FTEMPERATURE 37.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEMarshalltown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MIWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MIW-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 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marshalltown, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 6 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 MIWFIG. C THE WIND AT MARSHALLTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarshalltown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MIWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MIW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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