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South English, Iowa

City in Keokuk County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at South English

Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 31 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 PM.

SatSunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at South English

None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at South English, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 PM.

SatSunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South English, 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 now4 instruments

WashingtonAWG

At an airfield/24.7 mi away/751 ft/84 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

North EnglishNENI4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/814 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Keota 0.1 ESEIA-KK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/804 ft/31 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Washington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.7 mi from South English, Iowa. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 4:15 PM 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 Washington, 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 AWGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WASHINGTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWashington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AWG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Washington: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. B THE AIR AT WASHINGTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.1 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 32.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 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 POINTTITLEWashington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AWG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Washington, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AWGFIG. C THE WIND AT WASHINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWashington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AWGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AWG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at North English (NENI4), 4.7 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 South English

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

Near South English

River and lake gauges