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Sharpsburg, Iowa

City in Taylor County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Sharpsburg

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Viking Lake State Park (IA), 24 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good24.2 mi
  • Ozone19Good19 ppb24.2 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 Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sharpsburg

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sharpsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BedfordRBFI4

Beside a road/11.4 mi away/1,171 ft/119 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank851of 1,060

CrestonCSQ

At an airfield/20.8 mi away/1,290 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank650of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Bedford 0.5 NWIA-TY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/1,218 ft/72 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

CorningCRNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/1,189 ft/101 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank84of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Creston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.8 mi from Sharpsburg, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft.

Section of the sky over Creston, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. A THE SKY OVER CRESTONSECTION, 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 FTTITLECreston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 41.0 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 Creston: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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 CSQFIG. B THE AIR AT CRESTONTHE 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 39.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 POINTTITLECreston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Creston, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. C THE WIND AT CRESTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECreston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CSQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Corning (CRNI4), 14.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Sharpsburg

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

Near Sharpsburg

River and lake gauges