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Marquette, Iowa

City in Clayton County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Marquette

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 42 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marquette

1.15 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Marquette, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DecorahDEH

At an airfield/31.9 mi away/1,157 ft/348 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank197of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

PostvillePSTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/18.6 mi away/1,148 ft/339 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Decorah, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 31.9 mi from Marquette, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Decorah, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEHFIG. A THE SKY OVER DECORAHSECTION, 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 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEDecorah, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DEHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEH-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 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Decorah: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEHFIG. B THE AIR AT DECORAHTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 44.6 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 POINTTITLEDecorah, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DEHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEH-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 7 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Decorah, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEHFIG. C THE WIND AT DECORAHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDecorah, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DEHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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