Storm Station
Rowan, Iowa
60°
Light rain· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
A chance of drizzle. Cloudy. Low around 56, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. South southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
-UV
-Air quality
87%Humidity
95%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Rowan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ClarionCAV

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/1,149 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank242of 652

Williams (I-35)RWII4

Beside a road/10.7 mi away/1,066 ft/140 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank571of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Rowan 1.8 SSWIA-WG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/1,155 ft/51 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HamptonHPTI4

At a cooperative observer's station/17.8 mi away/1,125 ft/81 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Clarion, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Rowan. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Clarion, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAVFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLARIONSECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLEClarion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CAVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CAV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Clarion: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAVFIG. B THE AIR AT CLARIONTHE 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 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 59.0 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 POINTTITLEClarion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CAV-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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Clarion, north up: blowing from 130 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 CAVFIG. C THE WIND AT CLARIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClarion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CAV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Hampton (HPTI4), 17.8 miles from here, read 25 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Rowan

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