Temperature
46 F at 1 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field, Minnesota
Small airport in Dakota 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.
46°
52°/42°
Rain·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field is 46° and rain at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. 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 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 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 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
46feels41
now, rain
Today
Oct 16
5242
90%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6543
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6645
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6945
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7251
17%
Thu
Oct 22
7255
23%
46°
52°42°
58°33°
65°43°
66°45°
69°45°
72°51°
72°55°
As of 1:00 AM in South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 10 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good6.9 mi
- Ozone12Good14 ppb13.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good15.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.5 ppb13.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb14.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm14.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field
0.71 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.71in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 99%
Visibility
How far you can see at South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SGS
- ICAO
- KSGS
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 821 ft
- Serves
- South St Paul
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SGS
- Wind now
- From 300° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 4,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 162° / 342° | 10 mph head, on 34 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from South St Paul (SGS), South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 10 PM Thursday to 99% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the west at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 7 PM 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 400 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.65 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.65in
- Wettest hour
- 0.11in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
South St Paul: 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 South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/820 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MN-110 and I-494 MN-10 Mile Post 5MN090
Beside a road/2.6 mi away/996 ft/175 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/9.9 mi away/833 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Saint Paul 1.5 SSEMN-DK-238
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/823 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/958 ft/137 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 South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Inver Grove Heightscity, 1 mi
- Newportcity, 2 mi
- South St. Paulcity, 2 mi
- St. Paul Parkcity, 3 mi
- Sunfish Lakecity, 3 mi
- West St. Paulcity, 4 mi
- Cottage Grovecity, 5 mi
- Mendota Heightscity, 5 mi
- Lilydalecity, 6 mi
- Mendotacity, 7 mi
- Woodburycity, 7 mi
- Landfallcity, 7 mi
Airports near South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming Field
- Saint Paul Downtown Holman FieldSTP, 6 mi
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain FieldMSP, 9 mi
- Lake Elmo Airport21D, 13 mi
- Airlake AirportLVN, 19 mi
- Flying Cloud AirportFCM, 21 mi
- Crystal AirportMIC, 21 mi
- Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) AirportANE, 22 mi
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 26 mi