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Iola, Pennsylvania

Community in Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Iola

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Williamsport (PA), 26 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good20 ppb22.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Iola

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Iola, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Iola, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ShamokinN79

At an airfield/20.5 mi away/860 ft/195 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank898of 1,383

measured daily2 instruments

Millville 2.2 SPA-CLM-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/585 ft/80 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LaporteLAPP1

At a cooperative observer's station/20.2 mi away/1,936 ft/1,271 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank30of 1,383

Station report

The weather at Shamokin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.5 mi from Iola, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Shamokin, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. A THE SKY OVER SHAMOKINSECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEShamokin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.3 F with a dew point of 57.7 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Shamokin: temperature 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.7, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT N79FIG. B THE AIR AT SHAMOKINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.3 F, 57.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEShamokin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Shamokin, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 8 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 N79FIG. C THE WIND AT SHAMOKINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEShamokin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS N79TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-N79-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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