Temperature
45 F at 10 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 45F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 54F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Benson Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Swift County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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.
44°
58°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Benson Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 50° after 58° today.
Now. Benson Municipal Airport is 44° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
44feels38
10%
13mph
Today
Oct 15
5840
48%
18mph
Fri
Oct 16
5037
31%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6230
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6741
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6639
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6941
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7350
18%
44°
58°40°
50°37°
62°30°
67°41°
66°39°
69°41°
73°50°
As of 11:00 PM in Benson Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Benson Municipal Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 40 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Benson Municipal Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
Visibility
How far you can see at Benson Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BBB
- ICAO
- KBBB
- IATA
- BBB
- Field elevation
- 1,039 ft
- Serves
- Benson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- BBB
- Wind now
- From 320° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:40
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | 13 mph head, on 32 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Benson Muni (BBB), Benson Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 5 PM to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 3 AM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 3 AM
- 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 600 ft at 11 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 11 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 11 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 11 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Benson 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 Benson 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
Benson MuniBBB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,040 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Langhei Township MN-29 Mile Post 46MN037
Beside a road/11.6 mi away/1,272 ft/233 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Morris 2EMRIM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.9 mi away/1,140 ft/101 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
BensonBSNM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/1,027 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Benson 0.1 SWMN-SW-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,042 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Benson Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Benson Municipal Airport
- Appleton Municipal AirportAQP, 19 mi
- Morris Municipal Airport Charlie Schmidt FieldMOX, 22 mi
- Montevideo Chippewa County AirportMVE, 25 mi
- Glenwood Municipal AirportGHW, 27 mi
- Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006)BDH, 29 mi
- Lac Qui Parle County AirportDXX, 35 mi
- Ortonville Municipal Airport/Martinson FieldVVV, 38 mi
- Chandler FieldAXN, 39 mi