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Northboro, Iowa

City in Page County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Northboro

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 28 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Northboro

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Northboro, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Northboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ShenandoahSDA

At an airfield/11.9 mi away/971 ft/120 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank372of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

College Springs 0.3 NNWIA-PG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.9 mi away/1,149 ft/58 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ShenandoahSDHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/958 ft/133 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank17of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Shenandoah, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.9 mi from Northboro, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Shenandoah, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SHENANDOAHSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEShenandoah, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SDATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SDA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Shenandoah: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDAFIG. B THE AIR AT SHENANDOAHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEShenandoah, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SDATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SDA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Shenandoah, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SDAFIG. C THE WIND AT SHENANDOAHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEShenandoah, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SDATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SDA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Shenandoah (SDHI4), 12.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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