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Rose Hill, Iowa

City in Mahaska County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Rose Hill

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 49 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rose Hill

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rose Hill, the next 41 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rose Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OskaloosaOOA

At an airfield/6.6 mi away/840 ft/37 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank263of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Oskaloosa 1.2 NIA-MH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.3 mi away/751 ft/52 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OskaloosaOSKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/830 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Oskaloosa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Rose Hill, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 PM 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 Oskaloosa, 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 OOAFIG. A THE SKY OVER OSKALOOSASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOskaloosa, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OOATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OOA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.4 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oskaloosa: temperature 53.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OOAFIG. B THE AIR AT OSKALOOSATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FTEMPERATURE 53.4 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 13.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEOskaloosa, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OOATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OOA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oskaloosa, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OOAFIG. C THE WIND AT OSKALOOSAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOskaloosa, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OOATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OOA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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