Storm Station
Oto, Iowa
66°
Light rain· Feels like 66°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Patchy drizzle and patchy fog before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
93%Humidity
53%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oto, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Shagbark HillsS2068

At a soil climate station/12.0 mi away/1,119 ft/33 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Shagbark Hills ScanSHAI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/1,400 ft/248 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank199of 652

MovilleRSCI4

Beside a road/16.7 mi away/1,187 ft/35 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank572of 652

Sioux CitySUX

At an airfield/25.9 mi away/1,102 ft/50 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Oto 0.1 SEIA-WD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,109 ft/43 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Mapleton No. 2MPTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/1,161 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sioux City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.9 mi from Oto. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1 mi.

Section of the sky over Sioux City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUXFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIOUX 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 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: 1 MI0510TITLESioux City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SUX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Sioux City: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUXFIG. B THE AIR AT SIOUX 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 64.0 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 POINTTITLESioux City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SUX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sioux City, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the 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 SUXFIG. C THE WIND AT SIOUX CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESioux City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SUX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Mapleton No. 2 (MPTI4), 9.8 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Oto

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.