Temperature
44 F at 2 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 42 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 44F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 42F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Staples Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Wadena County, Minnesota43°
49°/35°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 36°·Moderate breeze 17 mph NNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 57° after 49° today.
Now. Staples Municipal Airport is 43° and mostly clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 17 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 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 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
94%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
43feels36
17mph
Today
Oct 16
4935
38%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5731
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6440
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6237
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6437
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6847
15%
Thu
Oct 22
6750
14%
43°
49°35°
57°31°
64°40°
62°37°
64°37°
68°47°
67°50°
As of 3:00 AM in Staples Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Staples Municipal Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, West Central Minnesota (MN), 34 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Staples Municipal Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.07in
Visibility
How far you can see at Staples Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SAZ
- ICAO
- KSAZ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,287 ft
- Serves
- Staples
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SAZ
- Wind now
- From 350° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 3,305 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 145° / 325° | 15 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 Staples (SAZ), Staples Municipal 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 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 6 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
19 mph from the north at 2 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 19mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.15 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.15inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.13inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 5 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 5 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 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.11 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 11
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Staples: 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 Staples Municipal 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
StaplesSAZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,286 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
T.H.210 - Motley - MP 101.0MN124
Beside a road/8.2 mi away/1,230 ft/57 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Brainerd RAWSBIRM5
A remote fire weather station/32.4 mi away/1,204 ft/83 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Staples 3.5 NMN-WD-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,280 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Gull Lake DamGLLM5
At a dam/21.4 mi away/1,214 ft/73 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 Gull Lake Dam (GLLM5), 21.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
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Near Staples Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Staples Municipal Airport
- Wadena Municipal AirportADC, 20 mi
- Ray S Miller Army Air FieldRYM, 29 mi
- Pine River Regional AirportPWC, 31 mi
- Brainerd Lakes Regional AirportBRD, 32 mi
- Todd Field14Y, 33 mi
- Little Falls-Morrison County-Lindbergh fieldLXL, 37 mi
- Park Rapids Municipal Airport Konshok FieldPKD, 38 mi
- Chandler FieldAXN, 45 mi