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Orchard, Iowa

City in Mitchell County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Orchard

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 54 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orchard

1.00 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Orchard, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Orchard, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SaratogaSRGI4

Beside a road/18.3 mi away/1,357 ft/263 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank895of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Osage 0.6 ENEIA-MT-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,175 ft/81 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Osage 1WOSAI4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/1,165 ft/71 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank33of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Charles City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.3 mi from Orchard, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Charles City, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CCYFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHARLES CITYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLECharles City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CCYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Charles City: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CCYFIG. B THE AIR AT CHARLES CITYTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECharles City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CCYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Charles City, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CCYFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLES CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharles City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CCYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CCY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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