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Sheffield, Iowa

City in Franklin County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Sheffield

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 50 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sheffield

0.97 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.97in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sheffield, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sheffield, 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 now3 instruments

HamptonHPT

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/1,149 ft/72 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank191of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Rockwell 0.7 NNWIA-CG-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/1,120 ft/43 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HamptonHPTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/1,125 ft/48 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank674of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Hampton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Sheffield, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 4,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hampton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 4,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HPTFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAMPTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHampton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HPTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HPT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Hampton: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HPTFIG. B THE AIR AT HAMPTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,900 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEHampton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HPTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HPT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hampton, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HPTFIG. C THE WIND AT HAMPTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHampton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HPTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HPT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hampton (HPTI4), 10.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Sheffield

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

Near Sheffield

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