Temperature
47 F at 9 PM; 51 F at its warmest, 6 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 11 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 47F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 51F
- 6 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 11 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fairmont Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Martin 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°
55°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Fairmont Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fairmont Municipal Airport is 46° and overcast at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (37%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 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 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
76%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
46feels39
17mph
Today
Oct 15
5544
99%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5140
37%
26mph
Sat
Oct 17
5730
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6543
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7043
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7450
15%
12mph
46°
55°44°
51°40°
57°30°
65°41°
65°43°
70°43°
74°50°
As of 10:00 PM in Fairmont Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Fairmont Municipal Airport
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 46 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 15
- 28FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fairmont Municipal Airport
1.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.10in
- Last 3 days
- 1.10in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fairmont Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FRM
- ICAO
- KFRM
- IATA
- FRM
- Field elevation
- 1,162 ft
- Serves
- Fairmont
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FRM
- Wind now
- From 310° at 18 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,301 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 28° / 208° | 4 mph head, on 02 | 18 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 5,505 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 18 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fairmont Muni (FRM), Fairmont Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 8 PM to 100% at 10 AM.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
20 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 28 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 20mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.11 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.11inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 PM
- 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 8 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.93 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.20 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.93in
- Wettest hour
- 0.20in
- 5 AM
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fairmont 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 Fairmont Municipal 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/1,161 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/10.3 mi away/1,211 ft/49 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.0 mi away/924 ft/238 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fairmont 2.2 SEMN-MT-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,179 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WinnebagoWNNM5
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/1,060 ft/102 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 Winnebago (WNNM5), 14.3 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 Fairmont Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Fairmont Municipal Airport
- St James Municipal AirportJYG, 25 mi
- Jackson Municipal AirportMJQ, 29 mi
- Windom Municipal AirportMWM, 39 mi
- New Ulm Municipal AirportULM, 47 mi
- Mankato Regional AirportMKT, 47 mi
- Waseca Municipal AirportACQ, 52 mi
- Albert Lea Municipal AirportAEL, 52 mi
- Worthington Municipal AirportOTG, 58 mi