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Ledyard, Iowa

City in Kossuth County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Ledyard

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 58 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ledyard

0.79 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.79in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ledyard, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ledyard, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AlgonaAXA

At an airfield/24.3 mi away/1,210 ft/48 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank169of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Ledyard 0.1 WNWIA-KS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,167 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Swea City 4 WSWEI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,155 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Algona, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.3 mi from Ledyard, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Algona, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALGONASECTION, 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 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlgona, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 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 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Algona: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. B THE AIR AT ALGONATHE 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 40.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 POINTTITLEAlgona, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Algona, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. C THE WIND AT ALGONAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlgona, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AXA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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