Temperature
46 F at 11 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fillmore County Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Fillmore County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures ranging from the mid-20s to lower 30s. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central, north central, southwest, 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.
46°
49°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 19 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Fillmore County Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fillmore County Airport is 46° and overcast at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 19 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 5 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
17Air quality
81%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
46feels38
19mph
Today
Oct 16
4941
83%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5531
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6343
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6544
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6748
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7052
10%
46°
49°41°
55°31°
60°41°
63°43°
65°44°
67°48°
70°52°
As of 11:00 AM in Fillmore County Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Fillmore County Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 26 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 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 Fillmore County Airport
0.82 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.82in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 78%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fillmore County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FKA
- ICAO
- KFKA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,277 ft
- Serves
- Preston
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FKA
- Wind now
- From 340° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 4,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | 10 mph head, on 29 | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Preston (AWOS) (FKA), Fillmore County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 11 AM to 100% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 81 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the north at 11 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.29 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.29inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.34inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 4 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 300 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.54 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.54in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Preston (AWOS): 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 Fillmore 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,276 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/15.0 mi away/1,260 ft/17 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Eyota 2NEWIRM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.4 mi away/1,197 ft/80 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wykoff 0.2 SMN-FM-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/1,330 ft/53 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
South Branch Root River AT PrestonPTNM5
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/961 ft/316 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Fillmore County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Fillmore County Airport
- Rochester International AirportRST, 23 mi
- Winona Municipal Airport Max Conrad FieldONA, 36 mi
- Austin Municipal AirportAUM, 38 mi
- Dodge Center AirportTOB, 40 mi
- Albert Lea Municipal AirportAEL, 59 mi
- Owatonna Degner Regional AirportOWA, 62 mi
- Red Wing Regional AirportRGK, 65 mi
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 69 mi