Temperature
45 F at 2 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Rice County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM 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.
44°
51°/36°
Light rain·
Feels like 39°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field is 44° and light rain at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph, gusting to 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:11 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.
0UV Low
21Air quality
96%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
44feels39
18%
Today
Oct 16
5136
78%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5730
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6437
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6441
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6940
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7248
19%
Thu
Oct 22
7253
24%
44°
51°36°
57°30°
64°37°
64°41°
69°40°
72°48°
72°53°
As of 3:00 AM in Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 26 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone8Good11 ppb17.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field
0.98 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
- 0.98in
- Last 3 days
- 0.98in
Visibility
How far you can see at Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FBL
- ICAO
- KFBL
- IATA
- FBL
- Field elevation
- 1,060 ft
- Serves
- Faribault
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FBL
- Wind now
- From 310° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,257 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | 8 mph head, on 30 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Faribault Muni (FBL), Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 9 PM Thursday to 97% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 3 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 100 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.31 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Faribault 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 Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,056 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/6.8 mi away/1,119 ft/59 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Morristown - Cannon RiverMRTM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/1,005 ft/55 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Faribault 3.5 NWMN-RC-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,064 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FaribaultFBTM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/978 ft/82 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 Faribault (FBTM5), 2.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Faribaultcity, 3 mi
- Warsawcommunity, 7 mi
- Dundascity, 9 mi
- Morristowncity, 10 mi
- Medfordcity, 11 mi
- Northfieldcity, 11 mi
- Lonsdalecity, 12 mi
- Nerstrandcity, 12 mi
- Kilkennycity, 13 mi
- Dennisoncity, 15 mi
- Watervillecity, 15 mi
- Montgomerycity, 15 mi
Airports near Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus Field
- Owatonna Degner Regional AirportOWA, 14 mi
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 18 mi
- Airlake AirportLVN, 21 mi
- Waseca Municipal AirportACQ, 21 mi
- Mankato Regional AirportMKT, 31 mi
- Dodge Center AirportTOB, 32 mi
- Flying Cloud AirportFCM, 35 mi
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain FieldMSP, 38 mi