Storm Station
Trenton, Iowa
59°
Overcast· Feels like 59°·Light air 3 mph ESE
A chance of rain showers before 10am. Mostly cloudy. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. East wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
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86%Humidity
84%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Trenton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OldsROUI4

Beside a road/7.5 mi away/723 ft/7 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank256of 652

Mount Pleasant 1 SSW [CCOOP]MPZI4

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.1 mi away/719 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank521of 652

Mount PleasantMPZ

At an airfield/10.4 mi away/728 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank222of 652

measured daily2 instruments

Wayland 0.3 SWIA-HY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/724 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WashingtonWSHI4

At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/751 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mount Pleasant, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Trenton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Pleasant, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT PLEASANTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount Pleasant, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MPZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Mount Pleasant: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPZFIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT PLEASANTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.2 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.4 F, 53.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEMount Pleasant, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MPZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mount Pleasant, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPZFIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT PLEASANTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount Pleasant, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MPZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Trenton

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