Temperature
41 F at 11 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 38 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 41F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 38F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Slayton Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Murray County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From midnight tonight 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.
40°
50°/37°
Overcast·
Feels like 29°·Fresh breeze 22 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Slayton Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 58° after 50° today.
Now. Slayton Municipal Airport is 40° and overcast at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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.
2UV Low
20Air quality
87%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
40feels29
22mph
Today
Oct 16
5037
28mph
Sat
Oct 17
5831
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
6241
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
6342
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6744
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7050
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
7252
overcast
40°
50°37°
58°31°
62°41°
63°42°
67°44°
70°50°
72°52°
As of 11:00 AM in Slayton Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Slayton Municipal Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 54 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Slayton Municipal Airport
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 0.39in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 56%
Visibility
How far you can see at Slayton Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DVP
- ICAO
- KDVP
- IATA
- NSL
- Field elevation
- 1,623 ft
- Serves
- Slayton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DVP
- Wind now
- From 340° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 3,005 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | 19 mph head, on 35 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Slayton (DVP), Slayton 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 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 6 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the north northwest at 11 AM; at its strongest 29 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 40 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 40mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.54 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.54inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 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 800 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.12 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Slayton: 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 Slayton 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
SlaytonDVP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,624 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dovray MN-30 Mile Post 49MN038
Beside a road/10.4 mi away/1,563 ft/60 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
West Fork Des Moines River 7 NE AvocaAVOM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/1,430 ft/193 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Slayton 0.8 SSWMN-MY-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,597 ft/26 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lake WilsonLKWM5
At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/1,647 ft/24 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Slayton Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Slayton Municipal Airport
- Tracy Municipal AirportTKC, 20 mi
- Worthington Municipal AirportOTG, 25 mi
- Pipestone Municipal AirportPQN, 26 mi
- Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan FieldMML, 32 mi
- Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal AirportLYV, 34 mi
- Windom Municipal AirportMWM, 34 mi
- Jackson Municipal AirportMJQ, 46 mi
- Redwood Falls Municipal AirportRWF, 52 mi