Temperature
47 F at 10 PM; 54 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 47F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 54F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Lac Qui Parle County Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Lac qui Parle 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.
46°
61°/39°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Lac Qui Parle County Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 51° after 61° today.
Now. Lac Qui Parle County Airport is 46° and mostly clear 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 18 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 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. The day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
99%Humidity
25%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels38
18mph
Today
Oct 15
6139
51%
20mph
Fri
Oct 16
5137
25%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6430
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
7042
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6739
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7139
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7549
10%
46°
61°39°
51°37°
64°30°
70°42°
67°39°
71°39°
75°49°
As of 11:00 PM in Lac Qui Parle County Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Lac Qui Parle County Airport
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 34 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-
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 Lac Qui Parle County Airport
0.09 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
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
Visibility
How far you can see at Lac Qui Parle County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DXX
- ICAO
- KDXX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,082 ft
- Serves
- Louisburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DXX
- Wind now
- From 320° at 18 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 unlit | 3,003 ft | 135 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 12 mph head, on 27 | 14 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 3,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 140° / 320° | 18 mph head, on 32 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Madison (DXX), Lac Qui Parle County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 5 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.13 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.13inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 10 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 10 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 500 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 9 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Wettest hour
- 0.05in
- 2 AM
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Madison: 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 Lac Qui Parle County 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
MadisonDXX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,083 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
T.H.212 - Dawson - MP 24.1MN153
Beside a road/11.1 mi away/1,047 ft/35 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Gary 1SE - Mound Spring SinaMPGM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.8 mi away/1,539 ft/457 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/1,070 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Madison 5.1 SWMN-LQ-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/1,091 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Lac Qui Parle County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Lac Qui Parle County Airport
- Myers Field AirportCNB, 18 mi
- Appleton Municipal AirportAQP, 19 mi
- Montevideo Chippewa County AirportMVE, 23 mi
- Ortonville Municipal Airport/Martinson FieldVVV, 25 mi
- Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial FieldGDB, 34 mi
- Benson Municipal AirportBBB, 35 mi
- Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan FieldMML, 41 mi
- Morris Municipal Airport Charlie Schmidt FieldMOX, 41 mi