Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Litchfield Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Litchfield Municipal Airport is 36° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 2 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Litchfield Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 36 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | 1 mph head, on 31 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Litchfield (LJF), Litchfield Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 9 PM Thursday; 48 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 37 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 7 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
24 mph from the north at 6 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 6 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 3 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.29 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.15 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 900 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Litchfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Litchfield 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 now4 instruments
LitchfieldLJF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,142 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
LitchfieldLFSM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.1 mi away/1,145 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
U.S.12 - Atwater - MP 85.4MN159
Beside a road/15.1 mi away/1,257 ft/117 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Crescent Lake No1S2002
At a soil climate station/35.1 mi away/975 ft/165 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Litchfield 0.4 ESEMN-MK-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,138 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LitchfieldLCHM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/1,125 ft/15 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Litchfield (LCHM5), 2.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.