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Meservey, Iowa

City in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Meservey

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 62 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Meservey

0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.44in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Meservey, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mason CityMCW

At an airfield/18.3 mi away/1,214 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Thornton 0.3 EIA-CG-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,187 ft/67 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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KanawhaKANI4

At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/1,181 ft/73 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mason City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.3 mi from Meservey, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:07 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,800 ft, broken at 3,300 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mason City, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MASON 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 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMason City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCW-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 40.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Mason City: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. B THE AIR AT MASON 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEMason City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCW-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 40 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mason City, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 28 miles an hour, gusting 40; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. C THE WIND AT MASON 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, 40 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMason City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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