Temperature
42 F at 6 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 42F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 42F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Montevideo Chippewa County Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Chippewa County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wright, Chippewa, Douglas, Lac Qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, and Yellow Medicine Counties. * 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°
52°/39°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 33°·Fresh breeze 23 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Montevideo Chippewa County Airport until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 64° after 52° today.
Now. Montevideo Chippewa County Airport is 43° and mostly cloudy at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 23 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:18 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 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
87%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
43feels33
23mph
Today
Oct 16
5239
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6433
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6845
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6743
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7045
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7451
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7353
overcast
43°
52°39°
64°33°
68°45°
67°43°
70°45°
74°51°
73°53°
As of 6:00 AM in Montevideo Chippewa County Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Montevideo Chippewa County Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 17 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone17Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
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 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Montevideo Chippewa County Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 80%
Visibility
How far you can see at Montevideo Chippewa County Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MVE
- ICAO
- KMVE
- IATA
- MVE
- Field elevation
- 1,034 ft
- Serves
- Montevideo
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MVE
- Wind now
- From 340° at 24 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 unlit | 2,361 ft | 165 ft | Grass | 39° / 219° | 12 mph head, on 03 | 21 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 3,999 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | 23 mph head, on 32 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Montevideo (MVE), Montevideo Chippewa County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 37 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 37F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 84%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
24 mph from the north northwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 28 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 39 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 24mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.40 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.40inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.14inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.29inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 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 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Montevideo: 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 Montevideo Chippewa County 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
MontevideoMVE
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,033 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
T.H.212 - Dawson - MP 24.1MN153
Beside a road/12.5 mi away/1,047 ft/13 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Granite Falls 5SE - Upper Sioux CommUPSM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.8 mi away/1,003 ft/31 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Montevideo 0.6 NEMN-CP-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/1,034 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Watson 1 NEWTSM5
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,070 ft/36 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
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Montevideo Chippewa County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Montevideocity, 1 mi
- Watsoncity, 5 mi
- Maynardcity, 13 mi
- Boydcity, 13 mi
- Clarkfieldcity, 13 mi
- Granite Fallscity, 14 mi
- Milancity, 14 mi
- Hazel Runcity, 15 mi
- Clara Citycity, 17 mi
- Dawsoncity, 17 mi
- Hanley Fallscity, 20 mi
- Sacred Heartcity, 22 mi
Airports near Montevideo Chippewa County Airport
- Granite Falls Municipal Airport / Lenzen-Roe Memorial FieldGDB, 17 mi
- Lac Qui Parle County AirportDXX, 23 mi
- Appleton Municipal AirportAQP, 23 mi
- Benson Municipal AirportBBB, 25 mi
- Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006)BDH, 30 mi
- Myers Field AirportCNB, 32 mi
- Olivia Regional AirportOVL, 36 mi
- Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan FieldMML, 36 mi