Temperature
43 F at 2 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 43F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 4 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Waseca Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Waseca County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
43°
50°/36°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 36°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Waseca Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Waseca Municipal Airport is 43° and light drizzle at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
43feels36
16%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
5036
71%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5529
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6338
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6341
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6841
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7248
15%
Thu
Oct 22
7152
23%
43°
50°36°
55°29°
63°38°
63°41°
68°41°
72°48°
71°52°
As of 3:00 AM in Waseca Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Waseca Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 30 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Waseca Municipal Airport
0.76 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.76in
- Last 3 days
- 0.76in
Visibility
How far you can see at Waseca Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ACQ
- ICAO
- KACQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,126 ft
- Serves
- Waseca
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ACQ
- Wind now
- From 300° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 3,399 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 154° / 334° | 14 mph head, on 33 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Waseca (AWOS) (ACQ), Waseca Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 9 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the west northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 6 PM 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 200 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.70 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.70in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Waseca (AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Waseca Municipal 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,125 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Smiths MillMN177
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/1,129 ft/3 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Morristown - Cannon RiverMRTM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.9 mi away/1,005 ft/121 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Waseca Exp StationWASM5
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/1,138 ft/12 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Waseca 1.2 WMN-WC-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,152 ft/26 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Waseca Exp Station (WASM5), 1.3 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Waseca Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wasecacity, 2 mi
- Janesvillecity, 8 mi
- Watervillecity, 10 mi
- Elysiancity, 11 mi
- Morristowncity, 12 mi
- Waldorfcity, 12 mi
- Pembertoncity, 12 mi
- New Richlandcity, 13 mi
- Warsawcommunity, 15 mi
- St. Claircity, 15 mi
- Madison Lakecity, 16 mi
- Kilkennycity, 17 mi
Airports near Waseca Municipal Airport
- Owatonna Degner Regional AirportOWA, 15 mi
- Mankato Regional AirportMKT, 21 mi
- Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus FieldFBL, 21 mi
- Albert Lea Municipal AirportAEL, 29 mi
- Dodge Center AirportTOB, 36 mi
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 38 mi
- Airlake AirportLVN, 42 mi
- Austin Municipal AirportAUM, 42 mi