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Redding, Iowa

City in Ringgold County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Redding

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 43 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Redding

None in the last 24 hours; 0.47 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.47in

Visibility

How far you can see at Redding, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Redding, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mount AyrRMOI4

Beside a road/9.7 mi away/1,156 ft/3 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank678of 1,055

LamoniLWD

At an airfield/25.7 mi away/1,093 ft/60 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank169of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

BlocktonBLKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,155 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Diagonal 2.1 SEIA-RN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.7 mi away/1,227 ft/74 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lamoni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.7 mi from Redding, Iowa. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lamoni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWDFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAMONISECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELamoni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lamoni: temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWDFIG. B THE AIR AT LAMONITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 34.0 F, 32.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLELamoni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lamoni, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWDFIG. C THE WIND AT LAMONIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELamoni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Redding

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