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Silver City, Iowa

City in Mills County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Silver City

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Omaha (NE), 21 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good19.8 mi
  • Ozone23Good26 ppb19.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good19.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb19.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm19.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Silver City

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Silver City, the next 43 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Silver City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Glenwood 2.2 NNWIA-ML-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/1,255 ft/204 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GlenwoodGLNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/1,063 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Council Bluffs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Silver City, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,600 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Council Bluffs, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFFIG. A THE SKY OVER COUNCIL BLUFFSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 3,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLECouncil Bluffs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Council Bluffs: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFFIG. B THE AIR AT COUNCIL BLUFFSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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 POINTTITLECouncil Bluffs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Council Bluffs, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFFIG. C THE WIND AT COUNCIL BLUFFSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECouncil Bluffs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CBFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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