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Latimer, Iowa

City in Franklin County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Latimer

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 53 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Latimer

0.89 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.89in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Latimer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

HamptonHPT

At an airfield/7.9 mi away/1,149 ft/94 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank191of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Dows 5.6 ENEIA-FR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,219 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HamptonHPTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/1,125 ft/118 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank674of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Hampton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Latimer, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Hampton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HPTFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAMPTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEHampton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HPTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HPT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Hampton: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HPTFIG. B THE AIR AT HAMPTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 42.8 F, 42.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEHampton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HPTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HPT-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 20 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hampton, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HPTFIG. C THE WIND AT HAMPTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHampton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HPTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HPT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hampton (HPTI4), 8.5 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 Latimer

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

Near Latimer

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