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Pilot Mound, Iowa

City in Boone County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Pilot Mound

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 47 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pilot Mound

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pilot Mound, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Pilot Mound, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Boone MuniBNW

At an airfield/11.6 mi away/1,146 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank217of 1,060

Ames ScanAMMI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.6 mi away/1,073 ft/36 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank720of 1,060

AmesS2031

At a soil climate station/18.9 mi away/1,073 ft/36 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank748of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Pilot Mound 0.4 NEIA-BN-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,102 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BooneBNWI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/915 ft/194 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Boone Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Pilot Mound, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,300 ft, broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Boone Muni, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNWFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOONE MUNISECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 4,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBoone Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BNWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BNW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Boone Muni: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNWFIG. B THE AIR AT BOONE MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEBoone Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BNWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BNW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Boone Muni, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BNWFIG. C THE WIND AT BOONE MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoone Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BNWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BNW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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