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New Providence, Iowa

City in Hardin County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at New Providence

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 42 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at New Providence

0.95 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.95in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Providence, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest New Providence, 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 now5 instruments

Iowa FallsIFA

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/1,137 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank188of 1,060

Ames ScanAMMI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/34.2 mi away/1,073 ft/50 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank720of 1,060

AmesS2031

At a soil climate station/34.2 mi away/1,073 ft/50 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank748of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Eldora 0.3 ESEIA-HD-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/1,077 ft/46 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ZearingZRGI4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/1,056 ft/67 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Iowa Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from New Providence, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Iowa Falls, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. A THE SKY OVER IOWA FALLSSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEIowa Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 43.7 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Iowa Falls: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.7, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. B THE AIR AT IOWA FALLSTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.0 F, 43.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEIowa Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Iowa Falls, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IFAFIG. C THE WIND AT IOWA FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIowa Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IFATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IFA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near New Providence

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