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Stratford, Iowa

City in Hamilton County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Stratford

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 53 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stratford

1.25 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.25in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Stratford, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Stratford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Ames ScanAMMI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.2 mi away/1,073 ft/38 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank720of 1,060

AmesS2031

At a soil climate station/21.5 mi away/1,073 ft/38 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank748of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Pilot Mound 0.4 NEIA-BN-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/1,102 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Webster CityWEBI4

At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 mi away/1,070 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank672of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Webster City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Stratford, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Webster City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EBSFIG. A THE SKY OVER WEBSTER CITYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWebster City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EBSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EBS-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 44.6 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Webster City: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EBSFIG. B THE AIR AT WEBSTER CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 44.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWebster City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EBSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EBS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Webster City, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EBSFIG. C THE WIND AT WEBSTER CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWebster City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EBSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EBS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Webster City (WEBI4), 14.9 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 Stratford

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

Near Stratford

River and lake gauges