Temperature
46 F at 1 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Red Wing Regional Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Goodhue County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, and southwest Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * 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°
52°/39°
Light rain·
Feels like 40°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Red Wing Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 70% around 6 AM.
Now. Red Wing Regional Airport is 45° and light rain at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:06 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.
0UV Low
23Air quality
91%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
45feels40
now, rain light
Today
Oct 16
5239
91%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5732
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6439
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6541
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6841
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7148
17%
Thu
Oct 22
7154
27%
45°
52°39°
57°32°
64°39°
65°41°
68°41°
71°48°
71°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Red Wing Regional Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Red Wing Regional Airport
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 39 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Red Wing Regional Airport
0.93 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
- 0.93in
- Last 3 days
- 0.93in
Visibility
How far you can see at Red Wing Regional Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RGK
- ICAO
- KRGK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 778 ft
- Serves
- Red Wing
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RGK
- Wind now
- From 300° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,010 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 93° / 273° | 9 mph head, on 27 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Red Wing (RGK), Red Wing Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 42 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 75% at 3 AM Thursday to 96% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 75 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 11 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 200 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.93 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.93in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Red Wing: 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 Red Wing Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Red WingRGK
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/784 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
FrontenacFSPM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/759 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Red Wing US-61 Mile Post 101MN047
Beside a road/10.5 mi away/1,038 ft/260 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Red WingRWGM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/686 ft/92 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Red Wing 4.4 ESEMN-GH-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/841 ft/63 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 Red Wing (RWGM5), 2.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Afton Alpsski areaBemidjicityBoundary WatersfeatureBrainerdcityBuck Hillski areaDuluthcityElycityGiants Ridgeski areaGrand MaraiscityHibbingcityInternational FallscityLutsen Mountainsski areaMinneapoliscityMoorheadcityNorth ShorefeatureRochestercitySaint PaulcitySpirit Mountainski areaSt CloudcityTwo HarborscityWelch Villageski areaWild Mountainski area
Near Red Wing Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Red Wingcity, 4 mi
- Frontenaccommunity, 9 mi
- Welch Villageski area, 12 mi
- Lake Citycity, 14 mi
- Goodhuecity, 15 mi
- Bellechestercity, 15 mi
- Miesvillecity, 17 mi
- Hastingscity, 21 mi
- Zumbro Fallscity, 21 mi
- Cannon Fallscity, 21 mi
- Mazeppacity, 22 mi
- New Triercity, 22 mi
Airports near Red Wing Regional Airport
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 27 mi
- South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming FieldSGS, 33 mi
- Lake Elmo Airport21D, 34 mi
- Airlake AirportLVN, 37 mi
- Saint Paul Downtown Holman FieldSTP, 37 mi
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain FieldMSP, 41 mi
- Dodge Center AirportTOB, 43 mi
- Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus FieldFBL, 45 mi