Temperature
44 F at 2 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wheaton Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Traverse County, MinnesotaSpecial Weather Statement, in full
Sporadic strong wind gusts up between 40 to 50 mph will be possible through 7 AM CDT over northeastern South Dakota and west central Minnesota. These gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects.
42°
49°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 32°·Fresh breeze 25 mph NNW
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Wheaton Municipal Airport until 7 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 13 degrees warmer: a high of 62° after 49° today.
Now. Wheaton Municipal Airport is 42° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 25 mph, gusting to 40 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 1 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 Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
81%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
42feels32
25mph
Today
Oct 16
4936
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
6232
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6843
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6438
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6840
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7249
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7050
12%
42°
49°36°
62°32°
68°43°
64°38°
68°40°
72°49°
70°50°
As of 3:00 AM in Wheaton Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Wheaton Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 67 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wheaton Municipal Airport
0.12 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.12in
- Last 3 days
- 0.12in
Visibility
How far you can see at Wheaton Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ETH
- ICAO
- KETH
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,025 ft
- Serves
- Lake Valley Township
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ETH
- Wind now
- From 330° at 25 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 1,919 ft | 175 ft | Grass | 60° / 240° | 0 mph head, on 04 | 25 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 3,298 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 164° / 344° | 24 mph head, on 34 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wheaton Ndb (ETH), Wheaton Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
25 mph from the north northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 40 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 25mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 40mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.32 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.16 inHg over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.32inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.16inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 7 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 1,200 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,200ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wheaton Ndb: 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 Wheaton Municipal 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
Wheaton NdbETH
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,027 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Boix De Sioux River AT White Rock Dam [CCOOP]WHRM5
At a dam/6.0 mi away/1,017 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
T.H.27 - Herman - MP 36.5MN131
Beside a road/15.0 mi away/1,043 ft/18 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wheaton 0.3 WMN-TR-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,020 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WheatonWHTM5
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,014 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wheaton (WHTM5), 3.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Wheaton Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Wheaton Municipal Airport
- Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie AirportY63, 30 mi
- Morris Municipal Airport Charlie Schmidt FieldMOX, 32 mi
- Ortonville Municipal Airport/Martinson FieldVVV, 33 mi
- Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson FieldFFM, 39 mi
- Appleton Municipal AirportAQP, 46 mi
- Benson Municipal AirportBBB, 53 mi
- Chandler FieldAXN, 56 mi
- Lac Qui Parle County AirportDXX, 58 mi