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Oakland Acres, Iowa

City in Jasper County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Oakland Acres

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 45 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 Oakland Acres

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

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Oakland Acres, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Sat 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Oakland Acres, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

GrinnellRGII4

Beside a road/2.7 mi away/868 ft/125 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank190of 1,060

GrinnellGGI

At an airfield/4.5 mi away/1,007 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Grinnell 3 SWGRII4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/974 ft/19 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank29of 1,060

Grinnell 0.4 WIA-PW-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/1,001 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Grinnell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Oakland Acres, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 4,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grinnell, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 4,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRINNELLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrinnell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 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; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Grinnell: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. B THE AIR AT GRINNELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 6.0 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 POINTTITLEGrinnell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grinnell, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. C THE WIND AT GRINNELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrinnell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GGI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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