Storm Station
St. Donatus, Iowa
59°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 59°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Partly sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. East wind around 0 mph.
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70%Humidity
60%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest St. Donatus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

DubuqueDBQ

At an airfield/8.9 mi away/1,079 ft/289 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 652

Dubuque (US 20)RDBI4

Beside a road/13.0 mi away/820 ft/30 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank572of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Bellevue 12.2 NWIA-DB-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,074 ft/284 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bellevue LD 12BLVI4

At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/587 ft/203 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dubuque, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from St. Donatus. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft, broken at 9,500 ft, overcast at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dubuque, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DBQFIG. A THE SKY OVER DUBUQUESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 12,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 9,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDubuque, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DBQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DBQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Dubuque: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DBQFIG. B THE AIR AT DUBUQUETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEDubuque, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DBQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DBQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dubuque, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, 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 DBQFIG. C THE WIND AT DUBUQUEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDubuque, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DBQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DBQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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