Storm Station
Swea City, Iowa
61°
Light rain· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Patchy fog and a slight chance of drizzle before 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 69. South 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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93%Humidity
95%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Swea City, 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 now2 instruments

AlgonaAXA

At an airfield/21.0 mi away/1,210 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank206of 652

Algona (US 18)RALI4

Beside a road/21.2 mi away/1,106 ft/73 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank611of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Swea City 4 WSWEI4

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/1,155 ft/24 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Swea City 4.0 NWIA-KS-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/1,204 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Algona, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Swea City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Algona, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALGONASECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLEAlgona, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AXA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Algona: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AXAFIG. B THE AIR AT ALGONATHE 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, BKN 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 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 POINTTITLEAlgona, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AXA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Algona, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south 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 AXAFIG. C THE WIND AT ALGONAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlgona, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AXATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AXA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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