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Volga, Iowa

City in Clayton County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Volga

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Waterloo (IA), 48 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Volga

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Volga, the next 46 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 Volga, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Volga, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW1481FW1481

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.9 mi away/1,136 ft/324 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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OelweinOLZ

At an airfield/23.5 mi away/1,076 ft/264 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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HawkeyeHKYI4

Beside a road/23.5 mi away/1,074 ft/262 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Elkader 6.8 WSWIA-CT-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/833 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elkader 5SSWEKRI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/791 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Oelwein, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.5 mi from Volga, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Oelwein, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLZFIG. A THE SKY OVER OELWEINSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOelwein, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OLZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Oelwein: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLZFIG. B THE AIR AT OELWEINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 POINTTITLEOelwein, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 25 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oelwein, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 25 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLZFIG. C THE WIND AT OELWEINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOelwein, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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