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Peterson, Iowa

City in Clay County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Peterson

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Sioux City (IA), 59 miles off.

20Good
  • Ozone20Good-

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Peterson

0.85 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.85in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Peterson, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Peterson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CherokeeCKP

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/1,226 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank848of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

PetersonPTRI4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/1,368 ft/93 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Sutherland 0.5 NEIA-OB-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/1,412 ft/137 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cherokee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Peterson, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,300 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cherokee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKPFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHEROKEESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECherokee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CKPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Cherokee: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKPFIG. B THE AIR AT CHEROKEETHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,300 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLECherokee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cherokee, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 14 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 CKPFIG. C THE WIND AT CHEROKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECherokee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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