Temperature
45 F at 12 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 45F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Otter Tail County, Minnesota44°
49°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 34°·Strong breeze 26 mph NNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 49° today.
Now. Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field is 44° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 26 mph, gusting to 38 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 46° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels34
12%
26mph
Today
Oct 16
4936
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
6134
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6643
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6441
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6742
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7051
11%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6851
13%
44°
49°36°
61°34°
66°43°
64°41°
67°42°
70°51°
68°51°
As of 1:00 AM in Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 33 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Last 3 days
- 0.17in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FFM
- ICAO
- KFFM
- IATA
- FFM
- Field elevation
- 1,183 ft
- Serves
- Fergus Falls
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FFM
- Wind now
- From 340° at 28 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,639 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 133° / 313° | 25 mph head, on 31 | 13 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 3,299 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 26 mph head, on 35 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fergus Falls (FFM), Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 45 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 45F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
26 mph from the north northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 26 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 43 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 26mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.19 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.19inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 11 AM 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 700 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fergus Falls: 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 Fergus Falls Municipal Airport - Einar Mickelson Field, 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
Fergus FallsFFM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,184 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-94 - Fergus Falls - MP 61.5MN130
Beside a road/8.5 mi away/1,263 ft/80 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Pelican Rapids 6E - Maplewood SPMPWM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.1 mi away/1,397 ft/214 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fergus Falls 1.4 WSWMN-OT-87
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,189 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Orwell DamORWM5
At a dam/5.3 mi away/1,079 ft/104 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 Orwell Dam (ORWM5), 5.3 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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