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Sandusky, Iowa

Community in Lee County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Sandusky

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 37 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sandusky

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.64 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
0.64in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sandusky, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ArgyleRARI4

Beside a road/9.3 mi away/518 ft/109 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank637of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Keokuk 1.1 NNWIA-LE-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/666 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Keokuk L&D 19EOKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/518 ft/109 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank18of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Keokuk Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Sandusky, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Keokuk Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EOKFIG. A THE SKY OVER KEOKUK 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKeokuk Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EOKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EOK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Keokuk Muni: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EOKFIG. B THE AIR AT KEOKUK 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEKeokuk Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EOKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EOK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Keokuk Muni, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EOKFIG. C THE WIND AT KEOKUK MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKeokuk Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EOKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EOK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Keokuk 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sandusky

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