Temperature
44 F at 1 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 44F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Lyon County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN...From late tonight 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.
43°
50°/38°
Light rain·
Feels like 34°·Strong breeze 26 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 2 AM (55%).
Now. Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field is 43° and light rain at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 26 mph, gusting to 43 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 12 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 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 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
43feels34
55%
26mph
Today
Oct 16
5038
55%
26mph
Sat
Oct 17
6032
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
6742
22mph
Mon
Oct 19
6642
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7042
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7451
16%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
7354
14%
43°
50°38°
60°32°
67°42°
66°42°
70°42°
74°51°
73°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 24 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good0.9 mi
- Ozone17Good14 ppb0.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good0.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field
0.29 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
- 0.29in
- Last 3 days
- 0.29in
Visibility
How far you can see at Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MML
- ICAO
- KMML
- IATA
- MML
- Field elevation
- 1,183 ft
- Serves
- Marshall
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MML
- Wind now
- From 340° at 28 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,999 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 28° / 208° | 19 mph head, on 02 | 21 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 7,221 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | 24 mph head, on 30 | 14 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Marshall/Ryan (MML), Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 5 PM Thursday to 99% at 11 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
22 mph from the north northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 23 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 43 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 22mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.18 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.18inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 7 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 500 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.19 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.19in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Marshall/Ryan: 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 Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,178 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
T.H.68 - Taunton - MP 22.9MN156
Beside a road/14.7 mi away/1,171 ft/12 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Granite Falls 5SE - Upper Sioux CommUPSM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.0 mi away/1,003 ft/180 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
DiversionMMLM5
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/1,142 ft/41 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Marshall 0.2 ESEMN-LY-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,159 ft/24 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Diversion (MMLM5), 1.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan Field
- Tracy Municipal AirportTKC, 17 mi
- Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial FieldGDB, 25 mi
- Myers Field AirportCNB, 29 mi
- Slayton Municipal AirportDVP, 32 mi
- Montevideo Chippewa County AirportMVE, 36 mi
- Redwood Falls Municipal AirportRWF, 37 mi
- Pipestone Municipal AirportPQN, 40 mi
- Lac Qui Parle County AirportDXX, 41 mi