Temperature
46 F at 1 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field, Minnesota
Medium airport in Ramsey County, Minnesota* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
46°
52°/42°
Light rain·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field is 46° and light rain at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 4 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
24Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
46feels41
12%
Today
Oct 16
5242
89%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6443
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6545
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6945
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7251
16%
Thu
Oct 22
7255
23%
46°
52°42°
58°33°
64°43°
65°45°
69°45°
72°51°
72°55°
As of 2:00 AM in Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 6 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good2.4 mi
- Ozone15Good14 ppb9.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good11.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.5 ppb9.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb11 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm11 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 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 Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field
0.73 in in the last 24 hours, 0.77 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.73in
- Last 3 days
- 0.77in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 95%
Visibility
How far you can see at Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- STP
- ICAO
- KSTP
- IATA
- STP
- Field elevation
- 705 ft
- Serves
- Saint Paul
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- STP
- Wind now
- From 290° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:24
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 3,642 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 9 mph head, on 27 | 3 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 4,004 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | 10 mph head, on 31 | 3 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 6,491 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 146° / 326° | 8 mph head, on 32 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from St. Paul (STP), Saint Paul Downtown Holman 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 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 10 PM Thursday to 93% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 89%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 43 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 8 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 1 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 600 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.68 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.68in
- Wettest hour
- 0.11in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
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 Saint Paul Downtown Holman 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
St. PaulSTP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/719 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cayuga Street Br. I-35E Mile Post 109MN089
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/836 ft/131 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/9.0 mi away/833 ft/128 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West Saint Paul 1.4 NNEMN-DK-148
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/961 ft/256 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MaplewoodMWDM5
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/909 ft/204 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
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Near Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Saint Paulcity, 2 mi
- West St. Paulcity, 2 mi
- St. Paulcity, 3 mi
- South St. Paulcity, 3 mi
- Landfallcity, 4 mi
- Mendota Heightscity, 5 mi
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- Sunfish Lakecity, 5 mi
- Lilydalecity, 5 mi
- Newportcity, 5 mi
- Oakdalecity, 6 mi
- Mendotacity, 6 mi
Airports near Saint Paul Downtown Holman Field
- South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming FieldSGS, 6 mi
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain FieldMSP, 9 mi
- Lake Elmo Airport21D, 11 mi
- Anoka County-Blaine (Janes Field) AirportANE, 16 mi
- Crystal AirportMIC, 17 mi
- Flying Cloud AirportFCM, 21 mi
- Airlake AirportLVN, 23 mi
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 32 mi