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Shambaugh, Iowa

City in Page County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Shambaugh

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 22 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good21.4 mi
  • Ozone18Good21 ppb21.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shambaugh

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

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shambaugh, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Shambaugh, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ClarindaICL

At an airfield/4.7 mi away/978 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank253of 1,060

BedfordRBFI4

Beside a road/13.4 mi away/1,171 ft/164 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

College Springs 0.3 NNWIA-PG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,149 ft/142 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ClarindaCLDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/1,017 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank91of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Clarinda, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.7 mi from Shambaugh, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Clarinda, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLARINDASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEClarinda, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICL-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 37.4 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Clarinda: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. B THE AIR AT CLARINDATHE 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 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEClarinda, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Clarinda, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ICLFIG. C THE WIND AT CLARINDAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClarinda, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ICLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ICL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Clarinda (CLDI4), 5.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Shambaugh

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

Near Shambaugh

River and lake gauges