Storm Station
Van Wert, Iowa
61° 68°/61°
Light drizzle· Feels like 61°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:30 AM
61feels61
69%
now, drizzle light
Today
Sep 27
6861
69%
drizzle dense
Mon
Sep 28
7060
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7458
80%
16mph
showers
Wed
Sep 30
7263
80%
showers light
Thu
Oct 1
6553
64%
19mph
showers light
Fri
Oct 2
6145
35%
14mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6542
14%
overcast
61°
68°61°
70°60°
74°58°
72°63°
65°53°
61°45°
65°42°

As of 3:30 AM in Van Wert, Iowa.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Van Wert, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Leon (I-35)/IA 2)RLEI4

Beside a road/9.4 mi away/1,145 ft/18 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank564of 652

OsceolaI75

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/1,110 ft/53 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank211of 652

measured daily2 instruments

IA-DC-3IA-DC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,152 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OsceolaOSEI4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/1,122 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Osceola, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Van Wert. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Osceola, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I75FIG. A THE SKY OVER OSCEOLASECTION, 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEOsceola, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-I75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.3 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 98 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 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Osceola: temperature 61.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 98 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 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I75FIG. B THE AIR AT OSCEOLATHE 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 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.3 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEOsceola, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-I75-2DRAWN 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 Osceola, 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 I75FIG. C THE WIND AT OSCEOLAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOsceola, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS I75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-I75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Osceola (OSEI4), 10.3 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Iowa

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

Near Van Wert

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.