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Peosta, Iowa

City in Dubuque County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Peosta

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 42 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Peosta

0.72 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
0.72in
Last 3 days
0.72in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Peosta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DubuqueDBQ

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/1,079 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Peosta 1.9 ENEIA-DB-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,110 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Dubuque #3DUBI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/1,052 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dubuque, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Peosta, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:08 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dubuque, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DBQFIG. A THE SKY OVER DUBUQUESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDubuque, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DBQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DBQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Dubuque: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DBQFIG. B THE AIR AT DUBUQUETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEDubuque, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DBQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DBQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dubuque, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DBQFIG. C THE WIND AT DUBUQUEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDubuque, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DBQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DBQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dubuque #3 (DUBI4), 6.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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