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Menlo, Iowa

City in Guthrie County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Menlo

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 39 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Menlo

0.94 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.94in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

How far you can see at Menlo, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Menlo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PerryPRO

At an airfield/24.5 mi away/1,004 ft/261 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank638of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Stuart 0.5 WSWIA-AR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,222 ft/43 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Guthrie CenterGTHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/1,211 ft/54 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank88of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Perry, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.5 mi from Menlo, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,800 ft, overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Perry, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. A THE SKY OVER PERRYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPerry, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.5 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Perry: temperature 47.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. B THE AIR AT PERRYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,800 FTTEMPERATURE 47.5 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 6.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEPerry, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Perry, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. C THE WIND AT PERRYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPerry, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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