Storm Station
Carson, Iowa
66°
Light rain· Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SE
A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 62, with temperatures rising to around 64 overnight. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
100%Humidity
90%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Carson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Red OakRDK

At an airfield/17.6 mi away/1,040 ft/109 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank209of 652

Avoca (I-80)RAVI4

Beside a road/19.2 mi away/1,237 ft/88 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank571of 652

measured daily2 instruments

OaklandOAKI4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/1,188 ft/39 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Oakland 2.7 NNWIA-PT-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1,191 ft/42 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Red Oak, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Carson. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 9 mi.

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 9 mi.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: 9 MI0510TITLERed 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 Oakland (OAKI4), 5.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Carson

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