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Minden, Iowa

City in Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Minden

Index 30, good, led by sulfur dioxide. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 27 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone19Good14 ppb23 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide30Good21.1 ppb23 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Minden

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Minden, 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 now4 instruments

HarlanHNR

At an airfield/13.4 mi away/1,194 ft/35 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank237of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Minden 0.2 NNWIA-PT-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,269 ft/40 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

UnderwoodUNDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/1,099 ft/130 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank741of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Harlan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Minden, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,400 ft, broken at 4,300 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Harlan, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HNRFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARLANSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHarlan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HNRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HNR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Harlan: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HNRFIG. B THE AIR AT HARLANTHE 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 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLEHarlan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HNRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HNR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 28 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Harlan, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 28 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HNRFIG. C THE WIND AT HARLANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHarlan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HNRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HNR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Underwood (UNDI4), 9.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Minden

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Minden

River and lake gauges