Temperature
43 F at 4 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 52F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wadena Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Otter Tail County, Minnesota42°
50°/36°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 32°·Fresh breeze 21 mph NNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 50° today.
Now. Wadena Municipal Airport is 42° and mostly cloudy at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:08 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
19Air quality
81%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
42feels32
21mph
Today
Oct 16
5036
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
6133
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6643
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6439
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6640
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6947
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6949
overcast
42°
50°36°
61°33°
66°43°
64°39°
66°40°
69°47°
69°49°
As of 4:00 AM in Wadena Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Wadena Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 15 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wadena Municipal Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
Visibility
How far you can see at Wadena Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ADC
- ICAO
- KADC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,369 ft
- Serves
- Wadena
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ADC
- Wind now
- From 350° at 23 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 4,007 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 163° / 343° | 23 mph head, on 34 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wadena Muni (ADC), Wadena Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 5 PM Thursday to 98% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the north at 4 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.29 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.29inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.14inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 8 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 500 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wadena Muni: 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 Wadena 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
Wadena MuniADC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,371 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Verndale US-10 Mile Post 94MN063
Beside a road/7.9 mi away/1,351 ft/18 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Park Rapids - Straight RiverPRRM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/29.9 mi away/1,421 ft/52 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wadena 0.2 EMN-WD-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/1,351 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
New York MillsNYMM5
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/1,407 ft/38 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 Wadena Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Wadena Municipal Airport
- Staples Municipal AirportSAZ, 20 mi
- Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok FieldPKD, 32 mi
- Detroit Lakes AirportDTL, 41 mi
- Chandler FieldAXN, 41 mi
- Todd Field14Y, 41 mi
- Pine River Regional AirportPWC, 44 mi
- Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson FieldFFM, 47 mi
- Ray S Miller Army Air FieldRYM, 48 mi