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Airfield

Code
LXL
ICAO
KLXL
IATA
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Field elevation
1,123 ft
Serves
Little Falls
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
LXL
Wind now
From 340° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 12:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 314,010 ft75 ftAsphalt130° / 310°11 mph head, on 316 mph from the right
18 / 36 unlit2,858 ft60 ftGrass181° / 1°12 mph head, on 365 mph from the left
133118361,000 ftN340° 13 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 Little Falls (LXL), Little Falls-Morrison County-Lindbergh field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

47 F at 12 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 8 AM.

Now
47F
12 PM
Highest
50F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
42F
8 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Little Falls, temperature from 42.2 to 50.0, the latest 47.0; dew point from 29.6 to 45.8, the latest 29.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF203040503 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 30 F, the air 51% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 12 PM to 91% at 1 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
30F
12 PM
Humidity now
51%
Humidity, range
51 to 91%
Relative humidity at Little Falls, relative humidity from 51 to 91, the latest 51, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Wind

11 mph from the north northwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 29 mph at 3 AM.

Now
11mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
15mph
3 AM
Highest gust
29mph
3 AM
Wind and Gust at Little Falls, wind from 5 to 15, the latest 11; gust from 16 to 29, the latest 22, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020303 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Little Falls, wind direction from 250 to 360, the latest 340, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Pressure

30.51 inHg at 12 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.45 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.51inHg
12 PM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.45inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Little Falls, pressure, altimeter from 29.97 to 30.51, the latest 30.51, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8030.0030.2030.4030.603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
4mi
4 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Little Falls, visibility from 4.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
800ft
1 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Little Falls, lowest cloud base from 800 to 5,000, the latest 3,700, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMMVFRVFR

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

Little Falls: 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 Little Falls-Morrison County-Lindbergh field, 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

Little FallsLXL

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,152 ft/29 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Little Falls - Dnr Fire WxLXLM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/1,142 ft/19 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rice US-10 Mile Post 162MN064

Beside a road/13.8 mi away/1,064 ft/59 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Little Falls 3.2 SSEMN-MR-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,118 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

RiceRCEM5

At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 mi away/1,079 ft/44 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rice (RCEM5), 14.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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