Storm Station
Newton, Iowa
58° 67°/59°
Light drizzle· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
58feels58
34%
now, drizzle light
Today
Sep 27
6759
45%
rain light
Mon
Sep 28
6960
drizzle light
Tue
Sep 29
7155
78%
showers light
Wed
Sep 30
6763
78%
drizzle dense
Thu
Oct 1
6551
61%
16mph
drizzle dense
Fri
Oct 2
6244
30%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6542
13%
12mph
overcast
58°
67°59°
69°60°
71°55°
67°63°
65°51°
62°44°
65°42°

As of 3:30 AM in Newton, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Newton MuniTNU

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/942 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank245of 652

Colfax - I-80RCFI4

Beside a road/11.0 mi away/788 ft/164 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank609of 652

Des Moines 17 E54902

At a climate reference station/15.8 mi away/903 ft/49 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Newton 0.9 WNWIA-JS-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/943 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Grinnell 3 SWGRII4

At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/974 ft/22 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Newton Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Newton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 400 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Newton Muni, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TNUFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWTON MUNISECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLENewton Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TNUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TNU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 57.2 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 Newton Muni: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 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 TNUFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWTON MUNITHE 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, SCT 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.2 F, 57.2 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 POINTTITLENewton Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TNUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TNU-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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Newton Muni, north up: blowing from 140 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 TNUFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWTON MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewton Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TNUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TNU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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