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Sigourney, Iowa

City in Keokuk County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Sigourney

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 41 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sigourney

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sigourney, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sigourney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OskaloosaOOA

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/840 ft/63 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank263of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

SigourneySGYI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/784 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank26of 1,060

Sigourney 0.4 NNEIA-KK-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/787 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oskaloosa, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Sigourney, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM 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

50.4 F with a dew point of 42.4 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oskaloosa: temperature 50.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.4, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.6 FTEMPERATURE 50.4 FDEW POINT 42.4 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 northwest (310 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oskaloosa, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Sigourney (SGYI4), 0.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

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Near Sigourney

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