Storm Station
Kirkville, Iowa
60°
Light rain· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 4 mph SE
Drizzle likely before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 67. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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84%Humidity
93%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kirkville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OttumwaOTM

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/846 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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EddyvilleRDYI4

Beside a road/7.4 mi away/801 ft/37 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank585of 652

Red Rock DamRRMI4

At a dam/29.3 mi away/722 ft/116 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank196of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Ottumwa 2.0 NNEIA-WP-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/821 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OttumwaOTWI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/804 ft/34 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Eddyville, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.4 mi from Kirkville. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:00 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Eddyville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. A THE SKY OVER EDDYVILLESECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEEddyville, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDYI4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.7 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Eddyville: temperature 57.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 98 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. B THE AIR AT EDDYVILLETHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.7 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEEddyville, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDYI4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Eddyville, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDYI4FIG. C THE WIND AT EDDYVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEddyville, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS RDYI4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RDYI4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

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

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Snow on the ground

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