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Ladora, Iowa

City in Iowa County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Ladora

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 33 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ladora

0.32 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.32in
Last 3 days
0.32in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ladora, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ladora, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

VictorVCTI4

Beside a road/6.4 mi away/865 ft/64 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Victor, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.4 mi from Ladora, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 39.9 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Victor: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.9, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VCTI4FIG. B THE AIR AT VICTORTHE 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 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.0 FTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 39.9 FSPREAD 8.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEVictor, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS VCTI4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VCTI4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Victor, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VCTI4FIG. C THE WIND AT VICTORPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVictor, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS VCTI4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VCTI4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 865 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.00 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; it reports 48.2 F, 7.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Victor stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 865 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.00 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VCTI4FIG. D WHERE VICTOR STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREVICTOR3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT865 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.00 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.2 FTITLEVictor, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS VCTI4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VCTI4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Victor, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Williamsburg 3 SE (WLBI4), 10.7 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Ladora

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

Near Ladora

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