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Norway, Iowa

City in Benton County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Norway

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 25 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good13.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb13.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Norway

0.33 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.33in
Last 3 days
0.33in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Norway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Norway 3.2 NEIA-BT-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/906 ft/69 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SwisherSWHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/797 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Van Horne - US30/IA218, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.8 mi from Norway, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:20 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 42.3 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Van Horne - US30/IA218: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.3, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RVHI4FIG. B THE AIR AT VAN HORNE - US30/IA218THE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.0 FTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 42.3 FSPREAD 5.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEVan Horne - US30/IA218, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS RVHI4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RVHI4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Van Horne - US30/IA218, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RVHI4FIG. C THE WIND AT VAN HORNE - US30/IA218PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVan Horne - US30/IA218, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS RVHI4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RVHI4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 922 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.94 inHg and the temperature at 55.7 F; it reports 48.2 F, 7.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Van Horne - US30/IA218 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 922 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.94 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RVHI4FIG. D WHERE VAN HORNE - US30/IA218 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREVAN HORNE - US30/IA2183 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT922 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.94 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED48.2 FTITLEVan Horne - US30/IA218, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS RVHI4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RVHI4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Van Horne - US30/IA218, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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