Temperature
33 F at 4 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 2 PM Friday, and 32 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 33F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 2 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 32F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Crystal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Hennepin County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this 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.
35°
61°/33°
Clear·
Feels like 30°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Crystal Airport until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Crystal Airport is 35° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:09 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 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
45Air quality
85%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
35feels30
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6133
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6543
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6542
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6844
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7150
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7250
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
7453
11%
14mph
35°
61°33°
65°43°
65°42°
68°44°
71°50°
72°50°
74°53°
As of 5:00 AM in Crystal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Crystal Airport
Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 11 miles off.
45Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good4.9 mi
- Ozone1Good2 ppb8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good4.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide14Good15.3 ppb8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.6 ppb6.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm6.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 16
- 26TodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Crystal Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 10%
Visibility
How far you can see at Crystal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MIC
- ICAO
- KMIC
- IATA
- MIC
- Field elevation
- 869 ft
- Serves
- Minneapolis
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MIC
- Wind now
- From 190° at 5 mph, read 17 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06L / 24R | 2,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 53° / 233° | 4 mph head, on 24R | 3 mph from the left |
| 06R / 24L unlit | 1,669 ft | 137 ft | Grass | 53° / 233° | 4 mph head, on 24L | 3 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 3,751 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | 3 mph head, on 14 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Minneapolis - Crystal (MIC), Crystal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 29 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 4 PM Friday to 92% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 29F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 85%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the south at 5 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 7 AM Friday, with a gust of 37 mph at 7 AM Friday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 7 AM Friday
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 7 AM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.41 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.41inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.19inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 8 PM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 8 PM Friday
- 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 1,300 ft at 6 AM Friday; a base was reported in 8 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,300ft
- 6 AM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 8
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
- 0.00in
- 6 AM Friday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Minneapolis - Crystal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Crystal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/858 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Maple Grove I-94 Mile Post 217MN087
Beside a road/5.0 mi away/927 ft/58 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/13.6 mi away/833 ft/36 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Crescent Lake No1S2002
At a soil climate station/38.1 mi away/975 ft/106 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Crystal 1.5 NMN-HN-614
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/873 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
New HopeNHPM5
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/912 ft/43 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at New Hope (NHPM5), 3.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Crystal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Brooklyn Centercity, 2 mi
- Crystalcity, 2 mi
- New Hopecity, 2 mi
- Robbinsdalecity, 3 mi
- Brooklyn Parkcity, 3 mi
- Osseocity, 5 mi
- Golden Valleycity, 5 mi
- Fridleycity, 5 mi
- Hilltopcity, 5 mi
- Columbia Heightscity, 5 mi
- Medicine Lakecity, 6 mi
- Plymouthcity, 6 mi
Airports near Crystal Airport
- Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) AirportANE, 9 mi
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain FieldMSP, 14 mi
- Saint Paul Downtown Holman FieldSTP, 17 mi
- Flying Cloud AirportFCM, 17 mi
- South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming FieldSGS, 21 mi
- Lake Elmo Airport21D, 25 mi
- Buffalo Municipal AirportCFE, 25 mi
- Airlake AirportLVN, 31 mi