Storm Station
Dallas Center, Iowa
62°
Overcast· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
A slight chance of drizzle before 8am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of drizzle between 8am and 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 69. East southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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97%Humidity
95%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Dallas Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

De Soto (I-80/US 169)RDEI4

Beside a road/10.1 mi away/955 ft/107 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank572of 652

PerryPRO

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/1,004 ft/58 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank209of 652

AmesS2031

At a soil climate station/25.2 mi away/1,073 ft/11 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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Des Moines 17 E54902

At a climate reference station/35.9 mi away/903 ft/159 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Dallas Center 1.5 EIA-DL-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,066 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AdelADXI4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/961 ft/101 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Perry, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Dallas Center. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Perry, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. A THE SKY OVER PERRYSECTION, 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 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPerry, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PRO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.4 F with a dew point of 62.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Perry: temperature 62.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. B THE AIR AT PERRYTHE 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 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.4 F, 62.4 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 POINTTITLEPerry, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PRO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Perry, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PROFIG. C THE WIND AT PERRYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPerry, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PROTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PRO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Perry, 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 Dallas Center

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