Storm Station
Carbon, Iowa
63° 73°/62°
Overcast· Feels like 63°·Light air 3 mph SE
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. 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
95%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
63feels63
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
7362
10%
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7061
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7061
87%
14mph
showers
Wed
Sep 30
6763
87%
showers light
Thu
Oct 1
6550
61%
18mph
drizzle
Fri
Oct 2
6244
29%
12mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6741
10%
12mph
overcast
63°
73°62°
70°61°
70°61°
67°63°
65°50°
62°44°
67°41°

As of 3:30 AM in Carbon, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carbon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Red Oak (US 34/US 71)RROI4

Beside a road/9.7 mi away/1,060 ft/55 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank564of 652

Red OakRDK

At an airfield/23.1 mi away/1,040 ft/75 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank211of 652

Nodaway River 1 E ClarindaICLI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.1 mi away/984 ft/131 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank82of 652

measured daily2 instruments

CorningCRNI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,189 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Nodaway 0.2 ESEIA-AD-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/1,129 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Red Oak, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.1 mi from Carbon. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Red Oak, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDKFIG. A THE SKY OVER RED OAKSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERed Oak, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RDKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Red Oak: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDKFIG. B THE AIR AT RED OAKTHE 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 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 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 POINTTITLERed Oak, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDK-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 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Red Oak, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDKFIG. C THE WIND AT RED OAKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERed Oak, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Corning (CRNI4), 5.7 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Carbon

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