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Sun Valley Lake, Iowa

Community in Ringgold County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Sun Valley Lake

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Des Moines (IA), 51 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sun Valley Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sun Valley Lake, the next 42 hours

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

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On the radar over Sun Valley Lake, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sun Valley Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LamoniLWD

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/1,093 ft/68 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank169of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

BeaconsfieldBCNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/1,181 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Grand River 4.8 NIA-DC-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,010 ft/151 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lamoni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Sun Valley Lake, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lamoni, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWDFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAMONISECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 5,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELamoni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Lamoni: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWDFIG. B THE AIR AT LAMONITHE 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 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 43.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 7.0 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 POINTTITLELamoni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lamoni, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWDFIG. C THE WIND AT LAMONIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELamoni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LWD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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