Temperature
46 F at 9 PM; 51 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 51F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 46F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Rock County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * 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°
56°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport is 46° and overcast at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 28°.
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 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
66%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
46feels39
18mph
Today
Oct 15
5643
94%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5039
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5928
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6539
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6641
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7043
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7350
overcast
46°
56°43°
50°39°
59°28°
65°39°
66°41°
70°43°
73°50°
As of 9:00 PM in Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 25 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport
0.45 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.45in
- Last 3 days
- 0.45in
Visibility
How far you can see at Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LYV
- ICAO
- KLYV
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,431 ft
- Serves
- Luverne
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LYV
- Wind now
- From 300° at 18 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 unlit | 4,200 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 9 mph head, on 36 | 15 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Luverne (LYV), Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 6 PM to 93% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 68%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
19 mph from the west northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 33 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 19mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.19 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.19inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 10 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 10 AM
- 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 500 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.42 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 12 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.42in
- Wettest hour
- 0.11in
- 12 PM
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Luverne: 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 Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
LuverneLYV
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/1,430 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-90 - Magnolia - MP 21.6MN147
Beside a road/6.7 mi away/1,499 ft/68 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Pipestone RAWSRPPM5
A remote fire weather station/29.0 mi away/1,722 ft/291 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Luverne 0.5 SSWMN-RK-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,469 ft/38 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LuverneLUVM5
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/1,480 ft/49 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Airports near Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal Airport
- Pipestone Municipal AirportPQN, 26 mi
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