Temperature
46 F at 10 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
St James Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Watonwan 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°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 15 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for St James Municipal Airport until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. St James Municipal Airport is 46° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 31 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 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 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 south-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
23Air quality
87%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
46feels39
15mph
Today
Oct 15
5542
85%
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
5239
46%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5930
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6641
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6642
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7142
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7550
14%
12mph
46°
55°42°
52°39°
59°30°
66°41°
66°42°
71°42°
75°50°
As of 11:00 PM in St James Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at St James Municipal Airport
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 30 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone14Good-
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 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at St James Municipal Airport
0.56 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
- 0.56in
- Last 3 days
- 0.56in
Visibility
How far you can see at St James Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JYG
- ICAO
- KJYG
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,067 ft
- Serves
- St James
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JYG
- Wind now
- From 310° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 3,999 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 149° / 329° | 14 mph head, on 33 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from St. James (JYG), St James Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 8 PM to 100% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 7 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 7 PM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 7 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 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 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.53 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 10 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.53in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 10 AM
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
St. James: 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 St James 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
St. JamesJYG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,066 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Madelia US-60 Mile Post 86MN045
Beside a road/11.3 mi away/995 ft/72 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.1 mi away/924 ft/143 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Saint JamesSTJM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,050 ft/17 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Saint James 0.6 SMN-WW-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,093 ft/26 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near St James Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near St James Municipal Airport
- New Ulm Municipal AirportULM, 23 mi
- Fairmont Municipal AirportFRM, 25 mi
- Windom Municipal AirportMWM, 28 mi
- Jackson Municipal AirportMJQ, 32 mi
- Mankato Regional AirportMKT, 36 mi
- Redwood Falls Municipal AirportRWF, 47 mi
- Waseca Municipal AirportACQ, 50 mi
- Tracy Municipal AirportTKC, 55 mi