Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Saint Cloud Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Saint Cloud Regional Airport is 45° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 3 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 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:08 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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Saint Cloud Regional Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | 5 mph head, on 23 | 15 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 7,500 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 136° / 316° | 16 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from St. Cloud (STC), Saint Cloud Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
46 F at 10 PM Thursday; 49 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 38 F at its coolest, 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 39 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 8 PM Thursday to 96% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 25 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.01 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
St. Cloud: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Saint Cloud Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
St. CloudSTC
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/1,030 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St Cloud StateSCSM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/1,040 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
MN-23 Mile Post 215MN034
Beside a road/4.5 mi away/1,070 ft/39 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Crescent Lake No1S2002
At a soil climate station/10.2 mi away/975 ft/56 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Sauk Rapids 5.3 EMN-BN-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/1,045 ft/14 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SantiagoSATM5
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/1,017 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Santiago (SATM5), 14.6 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.