Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain Field is 46° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:08 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 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.87 in in the last 24 hours, 0.91 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 11,006 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 45° / 225° | 5 mph head, on 22 | 12 mph from the right |
| 12L / 30R | 8,200 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 121° / 301° | 13 mph head, on 30R | 2 mph from the left |
| 12R / 30L | 10,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 122° / 302° | 13 mph head, on 30L | 3 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 170° / 350° | 7 mph head, on 35 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Minneapolis (MSP), Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 10 PM Thursday; 51 F at its warmest, 7 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 39 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 10 PM Thursday to 95% at 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the west at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 13 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.01 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.69 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Minneapolis: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
MinneapolisMSP
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/869 ft/28 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/833 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Burnsville I-35W Mile Post 4MN086
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/792 ft/49 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Minneapolis 5.0 SSEMN-HN-672
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/843 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mississippi River AT MPLS LWR St Anthony FallsLSAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/692 ft/149 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mississippi River AT MPLS LWR St Anthony Falls (LSAM5), 6.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.