Temperature
46 F at 9 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 46F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Worthington Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Nobles County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and east central and southeast South Dakota. * 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°
55°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 37°·Fresh breeze 21 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Worthington Municipal Airport until 8 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Worthington Municipal Airport is 45° and overcast at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, under cloud. 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 50°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
80%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
45feels37
21mph
Today
Oct 15
5541
92%
17mph
Fri
Oct 16
5038
24%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5830
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6539
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
6541
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7043
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7450
11%
12mph
45°
55°41°
50°38°
58°30°
65°39°
65°41°
70°43°
74°50°
As of 10:00 PM in Worthington Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Worthington Municipal Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 57 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Worthington Municipal Airport
0.51 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.51in
- Last 3 days
- 0.51in
Visibility
How far you can see at Worthington Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OTG
- ICAO
- KOTG
- IATA
- OTG
- Field elevation
- 1,574 ft
- Serves
- Worthington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OTG
- Wind now
- From 300° at 23 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 115° / 295° | 23 mph head, on 29 | 2 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 4,201 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 12 mph head, on 35 | 20 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Worthington (OTG), Worthington 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 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 6 PM to 96% at 12 PM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
19 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 31 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 19mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.16 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.16inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 11 AM
- 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 7 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.41 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 12 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 12 PM
- Hours with some
- 16
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Worthington: 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 Worthington Municipal Airport, 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
WorthingtonOTG
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,575 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-90 Mile Post 35MN007
Beside a road/9.7 mi away/1,691 ft/117 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
West Fork Des Moines River 7 NE AvocaAVOM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.4 mi away/1,430 ft/144 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
WorthingtonWRNM5
At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/1,558 ft/16 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Worthington 1.5 SWMN-NB-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,606 ft/32 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Worthington (WRNM5), 0.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Worthington Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Worthingtoncity, 2 mi
- Brewstercity, 6 mi
- Round Lakecity, 10 mi
- Rushmorecity, 11 mi
- Bigelowcity, 12 mi
- Kinbraecity, 13 mi
- Dundeecity, 14 mi
- Okabenacity, 14 mi
- Wilmontcity, 15 mi
- Fuldacity, 15 mi
- Heron Lakecity, 16 mi
- Adriancity, 18 mi
Airports near Worthington Municipal Airport
- Slayton Municipal AirportDVP, 25 mi
- Windom Municipal AirportMWM, 29 mi
- Jackson Municipal AirportMJQ, 30 mi
- Quentin Aanenson Airfield - Luverne Municipal AirportLYV, 32 mi
- Tracy Municipal AirportTKC, 41 mi
- Pipestone Municipal AirportPQN, 43 mi
- St James Municipal AirportJYG, 56 mi
- Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport - Marshall/Ryan FieldMML, 56 mi