Storm Station
Elk Horn, Iowa
65°
Rain· Feels like 65°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Patchy fog and a slight chance of drizzle before 10am. Mostly cloudy. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 69 in the afternoon. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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97%Humidity
80%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elk Horn, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AudubonADU

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/1,310 ft/59 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank222of 652

Irwin 3 ESEIRWI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.1 mi away/1,322 ft/47 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Avoca (I-80)RAVI4

Beside a road/13.7 mi away/1,237 ft/132 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank572of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Elk Horn 0.2 SSEIA-SH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,355 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AudubonAUDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/1,290 ft/79 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Audubon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Elk Horn. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Audubon, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADUFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUDUBONSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAudubon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ADUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ADU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Audubon: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ADUFIG. B THE AIR AT AUDUBONTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEAudubon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ADU-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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Audubon, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 5 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 ADUFIG. C THE WIND AT AUDUBONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAudubon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ADUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ADU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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