Storm Station
Cedar Falls, Iowa
58° 66°/59°
Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light air 4 mph SSE
Drizzle before 4am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
85%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
58feels58
10%
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
6659
33%
drizzle
Mon
Sep 28
6959
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7055
68%
12mph
showers light
Wed
Sep 30
6462
68%
12mph
showers
Thu
Oct 1
6450
48%
16mph
drizzle
Fri
Oct 2
6143
25%
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
6341
18%
14mph
overcast
58°
66°59°
69°59°
70°55°
64°62°
64°50°
61°43°
63°41°

As of 3:30 AM in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Cedar Falls, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

WaterlooALO

At an airfield/3.7 mi away/879 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 652

Waterloo (US 20)RWLI4

Beside a road/8.5 mi away/883 ft/26 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Waterloo SnowWLOI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/935 ft/26 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Cedar Falls 0.4 WNWIA-BH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/965 ft/56 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waterloo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Cedar Falls. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Waterloo, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALOFIG. A THE SKY OVER WATERLOOSECTION, 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 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEWaterloo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ALO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Waterloo: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALOFIG. B THE AIR AT WATERLOOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEWaterloo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ALO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Waterloo, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south 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 ALOFIG. C THE WIND AT WATERLOOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaterloo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ALO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Waterloo, 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 Cedar Falls

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