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Winfield, Iowa

City in Henry County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Winfield

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 28 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Winfield

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Winfield, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Winfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OldsROUI4

Beside a road/5.4 mi away/723 ft/5 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank265of 1,060

measured daily2 instruments

Crawfordsville 2.7 ESEIA-WS-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/726 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Columbus Junct 2 SSWCOJI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/709 ft/19 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mount Pleasant, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Winfield, Iowa. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Pleasant, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT PLEASANTSECTION, 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 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount Pleasant, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPZ-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 44.6 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Mount Pleasant: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPZFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT PLEASANTTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 44.6 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 POINTTITLEMount Pleasant, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mount Pleasant, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPZFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT PLEASANTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount Pleasant, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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