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Oakland, Iowa

City in Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Oakland

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 30 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oakland

0.89 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.89in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Oakland, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oakland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

OaklandOAKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,188 ft/29 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank89of 1,060

Oakland 2.7 NNWIA-PT-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/1,191 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Council Bluffs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.3 mi from Oakland, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,000 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Council Bluffs, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFFIG. A THE SKY OVER COUNCIL BLUFFSSECTION, 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 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 4,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECouncil Bluffs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBF-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 39.2 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Council Bluffs: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFFIG. B THE AIR AT COUNCIL BLUFFSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 39.2 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 POINTTITLECouncil Bluffs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Council Bluffs, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 15 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 CBFFIG. C THE WIND AT COUNCIL BLUFFSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECouncil Bluffs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Oakland (OAKI4), 0.4 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 Oakland

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

Near Oakland

River and lake gauges