Temperature
45 F at 5 AM; 46 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 45F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 46F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Field of Dreams Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Pine County, Minnesota44°
52°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 37°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Now. Field of Dreams Airport is 44° and overcast at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
100%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
44feels37
21%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5236
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5929
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6438
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6537
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6737
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6944
17%
Thu
Oct 22
7049
13%
44°
52°36°
59°29°
64°38°
65°37°
67°37°
69°44°
70°49°
As of 5:00 AM in Field of Dreams Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Field of Dreams Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, East Central Minnesota (MN), 26 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Field of Dreams Airport
0.44 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.44in
- Last 3 days
- 0.44in
Visibility
How far you can see at Field of Dreams Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 04W
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,021 ft
- Serves
- Hinckley
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 04W
- Wind now
- From 350° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 2,751 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 66° / 246° | 4 mph head, on 06 | 16 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hinckley (04W), Field of Dreams Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 90% at 5 AM to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 90 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.17 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.17inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.14inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.32 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.32in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 2 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hinckley: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Field of Dreams Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Hinckley04W
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,020 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Hinckley I-35 Mile Post 181MN077
Beside a road/3.6 mi away/1,033 ft/12 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sandstone 6 W54932
At a climate reference station/7.5 mi away/1,130 ft/109 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Sandstone 6WSNDM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.8 mi away/1,129 ft/108 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hinckley 0.5 WMN-PN-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,032 ft/11 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SandstoneSNDM5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/1,129 ft/108 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Field of Dreams Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hinckleycity, 2 mi
- Sandstonecity, 7 mi
- Brook Parkcity, 10 mi
- Finlaysoncity, 12 mi
- Askovcity, 13 mi
- Pine Citycity, 14 mi
- Henriettecity, 15 mi
- Quambacity, 15 mi
- Rutledgecity, 16 mi
- Rock Creekcity, 18 mi
- Grasstoncity, 20 mi
- Willow Rivercity, 21 mi
Airports near Field of Dreams Airport
- Mora Municipal AirportJMR, 20 mi
- Rush City Regional AirportROS, 23 mi
- Moose Lake Carlton County AirportMZH, 28 mi
- Cambridge Municipal AirportCBG, 37 mi
- Isedor Iverson AirportHZX, 46 mi
- Princeton Municipal AirportPNM, 47 mi
- Cloquet Carlton County AirportCOQ, 50 mi
- Aitkin Municipal Airport Steve Kurtz FieldAIT, 52 mi