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Kensett, Iowa

City in Worth County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Kensett

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 59 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kensett

1.00 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kensett, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kensett, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mason CityMCW

At an airfield/15.0 mi away/1,214 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

NorthwoodNWDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/1,220 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Grafton 0.4 SEIA-WT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/1,227 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mason City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Kensett, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,500 ft, broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mason City, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MASON 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMason City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Mason City: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. B THE AIR AT MASON 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMason City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mason City, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. C THE WIND AT MASON CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMason City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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