Temperature
45 F at 12 AM; 50 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 45F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 50F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 42F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Paynesville Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Stearns 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.
44°
50°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Paynesville Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 58° after 50° today.
Now. Paynesville Municipal Airport is 44° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 70°, 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 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:12 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
21Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels38
10%
Today
Oct 16
5036
57%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5831
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6440
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6339
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6639
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7048
18%
Thu
Oct 22
6951
18%
44°
50°36°
58°31°
64°40°
63°39°
66°39°
70°48°
69°51°
As of 1:00 AM in Paynesville Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Paynesville Municipal Airport
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 32 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Paynesville Municipal Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
Visibility
How far you can see at Paynesville Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PEX
- ICAO
- KPEX
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,180 ft
- Serves
- Paynesville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PEX
- Wind now
- From 300° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:36
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 3,302 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 110° / 290° | 12 mph head, on 29 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Paynesville (PEX), Paynesville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 6 PM Thursday to 96% at 11 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 63 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 6 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 6 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 6 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 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 600 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Wettest hour
- 0.05in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Paynesville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Paynesville 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 now4 instruments
PaynesvillePEX
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,181 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Georgeville MN-55 Mile Post 98MN043
Beside a road/10.0 mi away/1,249 ft/69 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
New London - Sibley State ParkSIBM5
In a park or preserve/14.8 mi away/1,248 ft/68 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Crescent Lake No1S2002
At a soil climate station/38.7 mi away/975 ft/205 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Paynesville 1.9 SSWMN-SR-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,140 ft/40 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LitchfieldLCHM5
At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/1,125 ft/55 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 Litchfield (LCHM5), 19.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Paynesville Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Paynesvillecity, 1 mi
- Regalcity, 6 mi
- Roscoecity, 7 mi
- Lake Henrycity, 7 mi
- St. Martincity, 10 mi
- Eden Valleycity, 10 mi
- New Londoncity, 11 mi
- Spring Hillcity, 11 mi
- Richmondcity, 12 mi
- Spicercity, 13 mi
- Belgradecity, 14 mi
- Grove Citycity, 16 mi
Airports near Paynesville Municipal Airport
- Litchfield Municipal AirportLJF, 22 mi
- Sauk Centre Municipal AirportD39, 25 mi
- Willmar Municipal Airport John L Rice Field (2006)BDH, 26 mi
- Glenwood Municipal AirportGHW, 34 mi
- Saint Cloud Regional AirportSTC, 35 mi
- Todd Field14Y, 37 mi
- Maple Lake Municipal AirportMGG, 38 mi
- Hutchinson Municipal Butler FieldHCD, 40 mi