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Walford, Iowa

City in Benton County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Walford

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Iowa City (IA), 20 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good9.9 mi
  • Ozone-22 ppb9.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb9.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Walford

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Walford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Norway 3.2 NEIA-BT-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/906 ft/103 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SwisherSWHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/797 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Cedar Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Walford, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cedar Rapids, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIDFIG. A THE SKY OVER CEDAR RAPIDSSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECedar Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CIDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CID-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 35.6 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.

Chart of the air at Cedar Rapids: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIDFIG. B THE AIR AT CEDAR RAPIDSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.0 FTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 7.2 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 POINTTITLECedar Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CIDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CID-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cedar Rapids, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIDFIG. C THE WIND AT CEDAR RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECedar Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CIDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CID-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Iowa

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