Temperature
48 F at 10 PM; 53 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 47 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 48F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 53F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 47F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Yellow Medicine 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.
47°
59°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 16 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field is 47° and overcast at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (36%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 31°.
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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
76%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
47feels41
16mph
Today
Oct 15
5941
57%
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
5238
36%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6331
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6942
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6841
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7242
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7651
13%
47°
59°41°
52°38°
63°31°
69°42°
68°41°
72°42°
76°51°
As of 10:00 PM in Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 0 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good24.3 mi
- Ozone19Good20 ppb24.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good24.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 23FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field
0.13 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
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
Visibility
How far you can see at Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GDB
- ICAO
- KGDB
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,047 ft
- Serves
- Granite Falls
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GDB
- Wind now
- From 290° at 21 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 4,357 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 157° / 337° | 14 mph head, on 33 | 15 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Granite Falls (GDB), Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 60% at 6 PM to 92% at 1 PM.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 60 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.13 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.13inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 10 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 10 AM
- 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 11 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 11 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 11 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 11 AM
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Granite 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 Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,047 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Granite Falls 5SE - Upper Sioux CommUPSM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/1,003 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Hanley Falls MN-23 Mile Post 94MN033
Beside a road/5.1 mi away/1,069 ft/22 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Granite Falls 4.7 SMN-YM-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,047 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Granite FallsGRTM5
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/1,053 ft/6 ft above 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 Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Granite Fallscity, 4 mi
- Hanley Fallscity, 5 mi
- Wood Lakecity, 7 mi
- Hazel Runcity, 8 mi
- Sacred Heartcity, 10 mi
- Maynardcity, 12 mi
- Cottonwoodcity, 12 mi
- Echocity, 12 mi
- Clarkfieldcity, 12 mi
- Belviewcity, 15 mi
- Montevideocity, 16 mi
- Clara Citycity, 17 mi
Airports near Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field
- Montevideo Chippewa County AirportMVE, 17 mi
- Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan FieldMML, 25 mi
- Olivia Regional AirportOVL, 26 mi
- Redwood Falls Municipal AirportRWF, 27 mi
- Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006)BDH, 33 mi
- Lac Qui Parle County AirportDXX, 34 mi
- Myers Field AirportCNB, 35 mi
- Tracy Municipal AirportTKC, 35 mi