Storm Station
Scranton, Iowa
63°
Light rain· Feels like 63°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Patchy fog and a slight chance of drizzle before 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 70. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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97%Humidity
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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Scranton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Jefferson (IA 4)RJFI4

Beside a road/8.8 mi away/1,017 ft/155 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank566of 652

CarrollCIN

At an airfield/12.6 mi away/1,198 ft/26 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank210of 652

Irwin 3 ESEIRWI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/35.7 mi away/1,322 ft/150 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Coon Rapids 4.5 NEIA-GN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/1,195 ft/23 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Jefferson 2 NWJFFI4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/1,060 ft/112 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Carroll, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.6 mi from Scranton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Carroll, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARROLLSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLECarroll, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CIN-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 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Carroll: 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 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. B THE AIR AT CARROLLTHE 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 600 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 POINTTITLECarroll, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CIN-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 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Carroll, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CINFIG. C THE WIND AT CARROLLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarroll, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CINTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CIN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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