Storm Station
Preston, Iowa
57° 71°/53°
Overcast· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. East wind around 0 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
78%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
57feels57
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
7153
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7154
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7553
40%
12mph
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7262
66%
drizzle dense
Thu
Oct 1
7055
62%
15mph
drizzle dense
Fri
Oct 2
6244
30%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6642
21%
12mph
overcast
57°
71°53°
71°54°
75°53°
72°62°
70°55°
62°44°
66°42°

As of 3:30 AM in Preston, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Preston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Maquoketa (US 61/IA 64)RMQI4

Beside a road/14.8 mi away/823 ft/161 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank564of 652

ClintonCWI

At an airfield/15.5 mi away/709 ft/47 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank20of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Charlotte 0.2 SSEIA-CN-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/699 ft/37 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Bellevue LD 12BLVI4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/587 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Clinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Preston. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,500 ft, overcast at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Clinton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLINTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEClinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Clinton: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. B THE AIR AT CLINTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEClinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Clinton, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, 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 CWIFIG. C THE WIND AT CLINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Clinton, 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 Preston

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