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Pleasantville, Iowa

City in Marion County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Pleasantville

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 23 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone16Good14 ppb24.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pleasantville

0.39 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.39in
Last 3 days
0.39in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pleasantville, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Pleasantville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

KnoxvilleOXV

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/925 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank170of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Swan 0.8 SSEIA-MA-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/817 ft/112 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HartfordHRFI4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/840 ft/89 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Knoxville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Pleasantville, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Knoxville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OXVFIG. A THE SKY OVER KNOXVILLESECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKnoxville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OXVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OXV-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 42.8 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Knoxville: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OXVFIG. B THE AIR AT KNOXVILLETHE 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 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEKnoxville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OXVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OXV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Knoxville, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OXVFIG. C THE WIND AT KNOXVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKnoxville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OXVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OXV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hartford (HRFI4), 7.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:50. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Pleasantville

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Pleasantville

River and lake gauges