Storm Station
Agency, Iowa
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 6 mph NNE
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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83%Humidity
95%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Agency, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ottumwa (US 63)ROTI4

Beside a road/6.1 mi away/643 ft/169 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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OttumwaOTM

At an airfield/10.2 mi away/846 ft/34 ft above here

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measured daily2 instruments

Agency 1.6 EIA-WP-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/784 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OttumwaOTWI4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/804 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Farmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 38.9 mi from Agency. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:07 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Farmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMI4FIG. C THE WIND AT FARMINGTON 1ENE - SHIMEK STATE FOREST RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFarmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP FRMI4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FRMI4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 741 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.13 inHg and the temperature at 56.4 F; it reports 58.0 F, 1.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Farmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 741 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMI4FIG. D WHERE FARMINGTON 1ENE - SHIMEK STATE FOREST RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFARMINGTON 1ENE - SHIMEK STATE FOREST RAWS3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT741 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLEFarmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FRMI4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FRMI4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Sep 27 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 40.65 N, and the day is 11 h 47 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Farmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS, angles true: on Sep 27 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 47 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMI4FIG. E THE SUN AT FARMINGTON 1ENE - SHIMEK STATE FOREST RAWSELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 73°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°SEP 27, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 47 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 74 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.65 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -1.8°TITLEFarmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP FRMI4TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FRMI4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Farmington 1ENE - Shimek State Forest RAWS, in 4 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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