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Monroe, Iowa

City in Jasper County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Monroe

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 29 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

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 Monroe

0.34 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.34in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Monroe, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Newton MuniTNU

At an airfield/11.2 mi away/942 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Prairie City 5.0 SWIA-JS-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/899 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Pella 1 SPEAI4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/761 ft/160 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank93of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Newton Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Monroe, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Newton Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TNUFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWTON MUNISECTION, 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 SKYCEILING 4,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENewton Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TNUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TNU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Newton Muni: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TNUFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWTON MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.2 F, 48.2 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 POINTTITLENewton Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TNUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TNU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newton Muni, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TNUFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWTON MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewton Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TNUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TNU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pella 1 S (PEAI4), 10.4 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 Monroe

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

Near Monroe

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