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Range Regional Airport, Minnesota

Medium airport in St. Louis County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Range Regional Airport

Index 61, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, North Central Minnesota (MN), 33 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good17.1 mi
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)61Moderate17.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Range Regional Airport

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.29in

Visibility

How far you can see at Range Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
HIB
ICAO
KHIB
IATA
HIB
Field elevation
1,354 ft
Serves
Hibbing
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
HIB
Wind now
From 330° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 22 unlit3,075 ft75 ftAsphalt49° / 229°2 mph head, on 0412 mph from the left
13 / 316,758 ft150 ftAsphalt132° / 312°11 mph head, on 314 mph from the right
042213312,000 ftN330° 12 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Hibbing (HIB), Range Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

47 F at 10 PM; 48 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 42 F at its coolest, 2 AM.

Now
47F
10 PM
Highest
48F
3 PM
Lowest
42F
2 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Hibbing, temperature from 42.0 to 47.5, the latest 47.0; dew point from 40.0 to 46.0, the latest 45.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF4042444648Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 45 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 12 AM to 100% at 7 PM.

Dew point now
45F
10 PM
Humidity now
93%
Humidity, range
86 to 100%
Relative humidity at Hibbing, relative humidity from 86 to 100, the latest 93, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%859095100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

10 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
10mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
10mph
10 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Hibbing, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 10, in miles an hour.WINDmph051015Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Hibbing, wind direction from 100 to 330, the latest 330, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.95 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.95inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.23inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Hibbing, pressure, altimeter from 29.92 to 30.18, the latest 29.95, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 9 PM; 4 miles now.

Now
4mi
Lowest
2mi
9 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Hibbing, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 4.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
9 AM
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Hibbing, lowest cloud base from 500 to 3,300, the latest 700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0004,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.26 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 7 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Wettest hour
0.07in
7 AM
Hours with some
11
Precipitation at Hibbing, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.07, the latest 0.01, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Hibbing: 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 Range Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

HibbingHIB

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,352 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Hibbing RAWSHIBM5

A remote fire weather station/0.5 mi away/1,339 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Hibbing 3.7 EMN-SL-260

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/1,412 ft/58 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Eveleth Waste Water PlantELVM5

At a cooperative observer's station/15.3 mi away/1,444 ft/90 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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