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La Porte City, Iowa

City in Black Hawk County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at La Porte City

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 17 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good14.7 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at La Porte City

0.65 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.65in
Last 3 days
0.72in

Visibility

How far you can see at La Porte City, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over La Porte City, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest La Porte City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

VintonVTI

At an airfield/10.8 mi away/837 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank816of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

La Porte City 0.2 EIA-BH-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/824 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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VintonVNTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/768 ft/59 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank24of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Vinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.8 mi from La Porte City, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,300 ft, scattered at 2,800 ft, overcast at 4,400 ft; the ceiling is 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Vinton, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, the ceiling at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. A THE SKY OVER VINTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 4,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEVinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-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 44.6 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Vinton: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. B THE AIR AT VINTONTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEVinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Vinton, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTIFIG. C THE WIND AT VINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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