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Laurel, Iowa

City in Marshall County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Laurel

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 45 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Laurel

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Laurel, 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 now5 instruments

GrinnellGGI

At an airfield/15.5 mi away/1,007 ft/34 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

Laurel 0.3 NWIA-MS-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,014 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MarshalltownMSHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/899 ft/142 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grinnell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Laurel, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grinnell, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRINNELLSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrinnell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GGI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 34.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grinnell: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. B THE AIR AT GRINNELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.3 FTEMPERATURE 37.0 FDEW POINT 34.0 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 POINTTITLEGrinnell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GGI-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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grinnell, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. C THE WIND AT GRINNELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrinnell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GGI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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