Temperature
45 F at 2 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jackson Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Jackson County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa and southwest Minnesota. * WHEN...From 1 AM 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.
44°
50°/39°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 36°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Jackson Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jackson Municipal Airport is 44° and light drizzle at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 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 11 hours 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
81%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
44feels36
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5039
37%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5730
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6440
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6542
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6943
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7351
13%
Thu
Oct 22
7354
15%
44°
50°39°
57°30°
64°40°
65°42°
69°43°
73°51°
73°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Jackson Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Jackson Municipal Airport
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 61 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jackson Municipal Airport
0.65 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.65in
- Last 3 days
- 0.65in
Visibility
How far you can see at Jackson Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MJQ
- ICAO
- KMJQ
- IATA
- MJQ
- Field elevation
- 1,446 ft
- Serves
- Jackson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MJQ
- Wind now
- From 300° at 21 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,282 ft | 300 ft | Grass | 48° / 228° | 6 mph head, on 22 | 20 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 3,591 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | 20 mph head, on 31 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jackson Muni (MJQ), Jackson Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 7 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 81%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.15 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.15inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 8 AM 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 400 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.53 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.09 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.53in
- Wettest hour
- 0.09in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Jackson Muni: 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 Jackson 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 now3 instruments
Jackson MuniMJQ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,447 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-90 Mile Post 67MN008
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/1,508 ft/62 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
West Fork Des Moines River 7 NE AvocaAVOM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/36.3 mi away/1,430 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jackson 0.4 NWMN-JC-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,426 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LakefieldLKFM5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/1,453 ft/7 ft above 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
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Near Jackson Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Jackson Municipal Airport
- Windom Municipal AirportMWM, 19 mi
- Fairmont Municipal AirportFRM, 29 mi
- Worthington Municipal AirportOTG, 30 mi
- St James Municipal AirportJYG, 32 mi
- Slayton Municipal AirportDVP, 46 mi
- Tracy Municipal AirportTKC, 52 mi
- New Ulm Municipal AirportULM, 52 mi
- Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal AirportLYV, 62 mi