Storm Station
Tama, Iowa
58° 66°/58°
Drizzle· Feels like 58°·Light air 4 mph ESE
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
58feels58
12%
now, drizzle
Today
Sep 27
6658
35%
rain heavy
Mon
Sep 28
7159
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7055
76%
12mph
showers
Wed
Sep 30
6663
76%
showers light
Thu
Oct 1
6450
55%
16mph
drizzle
Fri
Oct 2
6243
28%
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
6441
14%
13mph
overcast
58°
66°58°
71°59°
70°55°
66°63°
64°50°
62°43°
64°41°

As of 3:30 AM in Tama, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Tama, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

TamaRTMI4

Beside a road/14.3 mi away/820 ft/36 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank609of 652

GrinnellGGI

At an airfield/19.6 mi away/1,007 ft/151 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank211of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Toledo 3 NTLDI4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/892 ft/36 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Clutier 4.0 WSWIA-TM-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/955 ft/99 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Grinnell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.6 mi from Tama. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,800 ft, scattered at 6,000 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Grinnell, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRINNELLSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEGrinnell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GGI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.8 F with a dew point of 55.6 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Grinnell: temperature 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.6, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GGIFIG. B THE AIR AT GRINNELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.8 F, 55.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEGrinnell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GGI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Grinnell, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east 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 GGIFIG. C THE WIND AT GRINNELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrinnell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GGITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GGI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Toledo 3 N (TLDI4), 1.1 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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Near Tama

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