Storm Station
Okoboji, Iowa
61°
Light rain· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Areas of fog and a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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97%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Okoboji, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SpencerSPW

At an airfield/15.7 mi away/1,322 ft/103 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 652

Estherville - Hwy 9RETI4

Beside a road/16.9 mi away/1,277 ft/148 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank617of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Okoboji 0.5 SSWIA-DK-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,424 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Milford 4 NWMFRI4

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,424 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Spencer, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Okoboji. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:42 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Spencer, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPWFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPENCERSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLESpencer, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SPWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SPW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Spencer: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 97 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPWFIG. B THE AIR AT SPENCERTHE 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 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLESpencer, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SPWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SPW-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 Spencer, 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 SPWFIG. C THE WIND AT SPENCERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESpencer, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SPWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SPW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Okoboji

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