Temperature
52 F at 1 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 52F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airlake Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Dakota 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.
50°
51°/40°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 50°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Airlake Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Airlake Airport is 50° and partly cloudy at 1 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 41° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Low
24Air quality
50%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
50feels50
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5140
21%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5532
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6042
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6243
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6643
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6848
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7052
overcast
50°
51°40°
55°32°
60°42°
62°43°
66°43°
68°48°
70°52°
As of 1:00 PM in Airlake Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Airlake Airport
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 6 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good5.9 mi
- Ozone24Good21 ppb15.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.9 ppb5.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb24.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm5.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Airlake Airport
0.63 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.63in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 60%
Visibility
How far you can see at Airlake Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LVN
- ICAO
- KLVN
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 960 ft
- Serves
- Minneapolis
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LVN
- Wind now
- From 350° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 13:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,099 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 117° / 297° | 10 mph head, on 30 | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mnpls/Airlake (LVN), Airlake Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 52% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 1 PM to 100% at 2 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 1 PM
- Humidity now
- 52%
- Humidity, range
- 52 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the north at 1 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.44 inHg at 1 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.44inHg
- 1 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.46inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 7 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 800 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mnpls/Airlake: 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 Airlake 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
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/961 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little Chicago I-35 Mile Post 70MN003
Beside a road/10.8 mi away/999 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/17.8 mi away/833 ft/127 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lakeville 2.2 SSEMN-DK-262
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/966 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Farmington CwsuZMPM5
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/909 ft/51 ft below 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.
Afton Alpsski areaBemidjicityBoundary WatersfeatureBrainerdcityBuck Hillski areaDuluthcityElycityGiants Ridgeski areaGrand MaraiscityHibbingcityInternational FallscityLutsen Mountainsski areaMinneapoliscityMoorheadcityNorth ShorefeatureRochestercitySaint PaulcitySpirit Mountainski areaSt CloudcityTwo HarborscityWelch Villageski areaWild Mountainski area
Near Airlake Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Farmingtoncity, 4 mi
- Lakevillecity, 4 mi
- Elko New Marketcity, 7 mi
- Buck Hillski area, 7 mi
- Credit Rivercity, 7 mi
- Apple Valleycity, 8 mi
- Rosemountcity, 9 mi
- Burnsvillecity, 9 mi
- Savagecity, 11 mi
- Hamptoncity, 11 mi
- Coatescity, 12 mi
- Prior Lakecity, 12 mi
Airports near Airlake Airport
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 15 mi
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain FieldMSP, 17 mi
- Flying Cloud AirportFCM, 18 mi
- South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming FieldSGS, 19 mi
- Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus FieldFBL, 21 mi
- Saint Paul Downtown Holman FieldSTP, 23 mi
- Crystal AirportMIC, 31 mi
- Lake Elmo Airport21D, 31 mi