Storm Station
Grafton, Iowa
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Drizzle likely. Cloudy, with a high near 67. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
81%Humidity
93%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Grafton, 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 now2 instruments

Hanlontown (I-35)RHAI4

Beside a road/14.8 mi away/1,093 ft/133 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank617of 652

Mason CityMCW

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/1,214 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Grafton 0.4 SEIA-WT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,227 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

St AnsgarSANI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/1,138 ft/88 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mason City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Grafton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 400 ft, overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Mason City, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MASON CITYSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEMason City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Mason City: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCWFIG. B THE AIR AT MASON CITYTHE 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, BKN 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 57.0 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 POINTTITLEMason City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCW-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 Mason City, 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 MCWFIG. C THE WIND AT MASON CITYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMason City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MCW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at St Ansgar (SANI4), 8.1 miles from here, read 27 Sep, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Grafton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.