Storm Station
Lake Mills, Iowa
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy. Low around 56, with temperatures rising to around 58 overnight. South southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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84%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Lake Mills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

LelandRLDI4

Beside a road/6.2 mi away/1,270 ft/21 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank18of 652

Forest CityFXY

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/1,229 ft/62 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank232of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Lake MillsLMLI4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/1,237 ft/54 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Hanlontown 1.4 NNEIA-WT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/1,223 ft/68 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Forest City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Lake Mills. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,100 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Forest City, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FXYFIG. A THE SKY OVER FOREST 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEForest City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FXYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FXY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Forest City: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FXYFIG. B THE AIR AT FOREST 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.2 F, 55.4 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 POINTTITLEForest City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FXYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FXY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (140 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Forest City, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the 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 FXYFIG. C THE WIND AT FOREST CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEForest City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FXYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FXY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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