Temperature
46 F at 12 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 6 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 6 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mankato Regional Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Blue Earth County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * 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.
45°
51°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Mankato Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mankato Regional Airport is 45° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 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 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:14 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 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
90%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
45feels38
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5141
77%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5831
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6542
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7044
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7351
16%
Thu
Oct 22
7355
21%
45°
51°41°
58°31°
65°42°
65°44°
70°44°
73°51°
73°55°
As of 1:00 AM in Mankato Regional Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Mankato Regional Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 9 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mankato Regional Airport
0.79 in in the last 24 hours, 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.79in
- Last 3 days
- 0.83in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 95%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mankato Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MKT
- ICAO
- KMKT
- IATA
- MKT
- Field elevation
- 1,021 ft
- Serves
- Mankato
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MKT
- Wind now
- From 300° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | 5 mph head, on 22 | 15 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 6,600 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | 13 mph head, on 33 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mankato (MKT), Mankato Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 8 PM Thursday to 100% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
17 mph from the west northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 30 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 17mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 10 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 300 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.35 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.13 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.35in
- Wettest hour
- 0.13in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mankato: 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 Mankato Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
MankatoMKT
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,020 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kasota - Prairie SNAKSOM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.0 mi away/808 ft/213 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mankato US-169 Mile Post 52MN073
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/797 ft/224 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Kasota 4.9 ESEMN-LS-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,004 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St PeterSPEM5
At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/932 ft/89 ft below 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 St Peter (SPEM5), 6.6 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Mankato Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eagle Lakecity, 5 mi
- Kasotacity, 5 mi
- Madison Lakecity, 5 mi
- Mankatocity, 6 mi
- North Mankatocity, 6 mi
- St. Petercity, 8 mi
- Clevelandcity, 8 mi
- Skylinecity, 8 mi
- St. Claircity, 11 mi
- Elysiancity, 12 mi
- Janesvillecity, 13 mi
- Nicolletcity, 14 mi
Airports near Mankato Regional Airport
- Waseca Municipal AirportACQ, 21 mi
- New Ulm Municipal AirportULM, 30 mi
- Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus FieldFBL, 31 mi
- Owatonna Degner Regional AirportOWA, 33 mi
- St James Municipal AirportJYG, 36 mi
- Glencoe Municipal AirportGYL, 38 mi
- Airlake AirportLVN, 44 mi
- Albert Lea Municipal AirportAEL, 47 mi