Temperature
50 F at 12 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 50F
- 12 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) Airport is 49° and mostly clear at 1 PM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 3 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 Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:06 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 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 PM in Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 8 mph head, on 27 | 14 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 4,855 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 14 mph head, on 36 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Minneapls/Blaine (ANE), Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
50 F at 12 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 34 F, the air 54% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 12 PM to 100% at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
16 mph from the north northwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 8 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.42 inHg at 12 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 2 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Minneapls/Blaine: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/912 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little Canada I-694 Mile Post 46MN088
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/936 ft/24 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Carlos Avery - Dnr Fire WxCAVM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/896 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Blaine 1.3 NMN-AA-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/910 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ladnais LakeVADM5
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/879 ft/33 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.