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Wall Lake, Iowa

City in Sac County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Wall Lake

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Pisgah (IA), 52 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wall Lake

0.89 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.89in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wall Lake, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Wall Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CarrollCIN

At an airfield/22.2 mi away/1,198 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank261of 1,060

Irwin 3 ESEIRWI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/34.9 mi away/1,322 ft/60 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Odebolt 0.6 NNEIA-SC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/1,386 ft/124 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sac CitySACI4

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/1,191 ft/71 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank161of 1,060

Station report

The weather at Carroll, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.2 mi from Wall Lake, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Carroll, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARROLLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLECarroll, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 42.8 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 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Carroll: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 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 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. B THE AIR AT CARROLLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.6 F, 42.8 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 POINTTITLECarroll, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carroll, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. C THE WIND AT CARROLLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarroll, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Sac City (SACI4), 11.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 04:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Wall Lake

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

Near Wall Lake

River and lake gauges