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Pacific Junction, Iowa

City in Mills County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Pacific Junction

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 19 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good11.3 mi
  • Ozone24Good24 ppb18.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good18.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb18.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm18.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pacific Junction

0.99 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.99in
Last 3 days
0.99in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pacific Junction, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pacific Junction, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Glenwood 1.7 WSWIA-ML-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/1,181 ft/226 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GlenwoodGLNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/1,063 ft/108 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Council Bluffs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Pacific Junction, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,200 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Council Bluffs, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,200 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,200 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 3,200 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 3,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,200 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 13 mph, gusting 29 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 13 miles an hour, gusting 29; 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, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR 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

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Pacific Junction

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