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Lawton, Iowa

City in Woodbury County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Lawton

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Sioux City (IA), 10 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lawton

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lawton, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lawton, 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 now5 instruments

MovilleRSCI4

Beside a road/5.3 mi away/1,187 ft/25 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

Sioux CitySUX

At an airfield/11.7 mi away/1,102 ft/110 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank350of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Lawton 0.2 SSEIA-WD-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,202 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sioux City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Lawton, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sioux City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUXFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIOUX 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESioux City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUX-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 33.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Sioux City: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUXFIG. B THE AIR AT SIOUX 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLESioux City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 28 mph, gusting 39 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sioux City, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 28 miles an hour, gusting 39; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUXFIG. C THE WIND AT SIOUX CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 39 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESioux City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Sioux City Airport (SXGI4), 11.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Lawton

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