Storm Station
Melcher-Dallas, Iowa
60°
Light rain· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 8 mph SE
Rain showers likely and patchy fog before 1pm. Cloudy. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. East southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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97%Humidity
98%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Melcher-Dallas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Prairie CityNSSI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/728 ft/217 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank121of 652

KnoxvilleOXV

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/925 ft/20 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank251of 652

PleasantvilleRPEI4

Beside a road/9.1 mi away/893 ft/52 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank261of 652

Des Moines 17 E54902

At a climate reference station/23.0 mi away/903 ft/42 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Lacona 5.1 ESEIA-LC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,011 ft/66 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Chariton 1 ECHRI4

At a cooperative observer's station/16.1 mi away/974 ft/29 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Knoxville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Melcher-Dallas. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Knoxville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OXVFIG. A THE SKY OVER KNOXVILLESECTION, 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: 1.75 MI0510TITLEKnoxville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OXVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OXV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 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 Knoxville: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 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 OXVFIG. B THE AIR AT KNOXVILLETHE 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 59.0 F, 59.0 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 POINTTITLEKnoxville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OXVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OXV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Knoxville, north up: blowing from 120 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 OXVFIG. C THE WIND AT KNOXVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKnoxville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OXVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OXV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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