Storm Station
Rock Rapids, Iowa
65° 70°/64°
Light drizzle· Feels like 65°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Widespread drizzle before 4am, then areas of drizzle and patchy fog. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind around 0 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
65feels65
10%
now, drizzle light
Today
Sep 27
7064
21%
drizzle dense
Mon
Sep 28
6963
13mph
rain
Tue
Sep 29
6460
87%
14mph
showers light
Wed
Sep 30
6862
37%
rain light
Thu
Oct 1
6349
27%
16mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
6343
13%
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
6244
20mph
overcast
65°
70°64°
69°63°
64°60°
68°62°
63°49°
63°43°
62°44°

As of 3:30 AM in Rock Rapids, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Rock Rapids, 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

SheldonSHL

At an airfield/22.6 mi away/1,418 ft/51 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank245of 652

SibleyRSYI4

Beside a road/22.9 mi away/1,574 ft/207 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank609of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Rock RapidsRKRI4

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,378 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Rock Rapids 2.6 SSEIA-LY-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,332 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sheldon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.6 mi from Rock Rapids. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Sheldon, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHLFIG. A THE SKY OVER SHELDONSECTION, 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 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLESheldon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SHLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SHL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sheldon: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHLFIG. B THE AIR AT SHELDONTHE 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 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 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 POINTTITLESheldon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SHL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sheldon, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHLFIG. C THE WIND AT SHELDONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESheldon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SHL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rock Rapids (RKRI4), 0.4 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Rock Rapids

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