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Kalona, Iowa

City in Washington County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Kalona

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 14 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good15.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kalona

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kalona, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RiversideRRII4

Beside a road/8.0 mi away/640 ft/37 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank283of 1,060

Iowa CityIOW

At an airfield/13.4 mi away/669 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Kalona 0.4 WSWIA-WS-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/667 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WashingtonWSHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/751 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank29of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Iowa City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Kalona, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Iowa City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IOWFIG. A THE SKY OVER IOWA CITYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEIowa City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IOWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IOW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Iowa City: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IOWFIG. B THE AIR AT IOWA CITYTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEIowa City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IOWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IOW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Iowa City, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IOWFIG. C THE WIND AT IOWA CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIowa City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IOWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IOW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Washington (WSHI4), 14.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Kalona

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Kalona

River and lake gauges