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Iola, Illinois

Village in Clay County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Iola

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 62 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb16.9 mi

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Iola

0.70 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.70in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Iola, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Iola, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Iola, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FloraFOAI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/490 ft/34 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank888of 1,393

FloraFOA

At an airfield/15.0 mi away/472 ft/52 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank505of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Dieterich 10.1 SWIL-EF-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/547 ft/23 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FloraFORI2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/476 ft/48 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Flora, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Iola, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,100 ft, broken at 4,600 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Flora, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOAFIG. A THE SKY OVER FLORASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFlora, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FOATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Flora: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOAFIG. B THE AIR AT FLORATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,100 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEFlora, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Flora, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 10 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 FOAFIG. C THE WIND AT FLORAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFlora, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Flora (FORI2), 13.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Iola

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

Near Iola

River and lake gauges