Temperature
53 F at 3 PM; 53 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 44 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 53F
- 3 PM
- Highest
- 53F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 44F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Glencoe Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in McLeod County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From midnight tonight 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.
52°
52°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 13 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Glencoe Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Glencoe Municipal Airport is 52° and clear at 3 PM. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 41° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 3 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 Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:12 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
26Air quality
35%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 PM
52feels52
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5239
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5731
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6341
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6341
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6643
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7048
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7151
overcast
52°
52°39°
57°31°
63°41°
63°41°
66°43°
70°48°
71°51°
As of 3:00 PM in Glencoe Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Glencoe Municipal Airport
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 35 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone26Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Glencoe Municipal Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.48in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 27%
Visibility
How far you can see at Glencoe Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GYL
- ICAO
- KGYL
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 992 ft
- Serves
- Glencoe
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GYL
- Wind now
- From 350° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 15:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 3,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | 10 mph head, on 31 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Glencoe (GYL), Glencoe Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 26 F, the air 36% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 3 PM to 100% at 4 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 26F
- 3 PM
- Humidity now
- 36%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north at 3 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 36 mph at 7 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.47 inHg at 3 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.47inHg
- 3 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.48inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 600 ft at 6 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 4 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Glencoe: 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 Glencoe 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
GlencoeGYL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/991 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1MN002
Beside a road/10.6 mi away/1,023 ft/31 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
LitchfieldLFSM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.0 mi away/1,145 ft/153 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plato 0.3 ENEMN-MC-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/995 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Brownton WWTPBWNM5
At a water treatment plant/12.9 mi away/1,024 ft/32 ft above 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 Brownton WWTP (BWNM5), 12.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Glencoe Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Platocity, 2 mi
- Glencoecity, 4 mi
- Hamburgcity, 6 mi
- Green Islecity, 6 mi
- Norwood Young Americacity, 8 mi
- Lester Prairiecity, 9 mi
- New Auburncity, 9 mi
- Arlingtoncity, 10 mi
- New Germanycity, 11 mi
- Biscaycity, 11 mi
- Silver Lakecity, 12 mi
- Mayercity, 13 mi
Airports near Glencoe Municipal Airport
- Hutchinson Municipal Butler FieldHCD, 16 mi
- Buffalo Municipal AirportCFE, 30 mi
- Flying Cloud AirportFCM, 31 mi
- Litchfield Municipal AirportLJF, 31 mi
- Maple Lake Municipal AirportMGG, 33 mi
- New Ulm Municipal AirportULM, 37 mi
- Mankato Regional AirportMKT, 38 mi
- Crystal AirportMIC, 41 mi