Storm Station
Afton, Iowa
62° 70°/61°
Overcast· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
62feels62
29%
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
7061
29%
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
6960
fog
Tue
Sep 29
7259
83%
15mph
showers violent
Wed
Sep 30
6862
83%
rain light
Thu
Oct 1
6450
62%
19mph
drizzle
Fri
Oct 2
6144
31%
13mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6641
13%
12mph
overcast
62°
70°61°
69°60°
72°59°
68°62°
64°50°
61°44°
66°41°

As of 3:30 AM in Afton, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Afton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Creston (US 34)RCEI4

Beside a road/6.0 mi away/1,273 ft/48 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank564of 652

CrestonCSQ

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/1,290 ft/65 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank245of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Creston 0.2 SWIA-UN-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/1,311 ft/86 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LorimorLORI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/1,211 ft/14 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Creston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Afton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Creston, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. A THE SKY OVER CRESTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLECreston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Creston: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CSQFIG. B THE AIR AT CRESTONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECreston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Creston, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, 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 CSQFIG. C THE WIND AT CRESTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECreston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CSQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CSQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Creston, 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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Near Afton

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