Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006) until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 51° today.
Now. Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006) is 44° and light rain at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:15 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006), Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 33 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 2,980 ft | 250 ft | Turf | 35° / 215° | 1 mph head, on 21 | 13 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 13 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Willmar (BDH), Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006)'s own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
45 F at 10 PM Thursday; 52 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 43 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 6 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 20 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 1 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 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Willmar: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006), 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
New London - Sibley State ParkSIBM5
In a park or preserve/14.5 mi away/1,248 ft/122 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
U.S.12 - Atwater - MP 85.4MN159
Beside a road/15.7 mi away/1,257 ft/131 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Willmar 1.8 WNWMN-KD-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,138 ft/12 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BensonBENM5
At a cooperative observer's station/27.1 mi away/1,037 ft/89 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.