Temperature
46 F at 2 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 6 AM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 6 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Stanton Airfield, 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°
51°/37°
Light rain·
Feels like 39°·Gentle breeze 12 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Stanton Airfield until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Stanton Airfield is 45° and light rain at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 49° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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
21Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
45feels39
11%
Today
Oct 16
5137
84%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5830
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6539
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6641
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7041
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7348
19%
Thu
Oct 22
7354
24%
45°
51°37°
58°30°
65°39°
66°41°
70°41°
73°48°
73°54°
As of 3:00 AM in Stanton Airfield, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Stanton Airfield
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 20 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good20.4 mi
- Ozone8Good11 ppb0.6 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm20.4 mi
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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stanton Airfield
0.83 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
- 0.83in
- Last 3 days
- 0.83in
Visibility
How far you can see at Stanton Airfield, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SYN
- ICAO
- KSYN
- IATA
- SYN
- Field elevation
- 920 ft
- Serves
- Dennison
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SYN
- Wind now
- From 280° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 unlit | 1,996 ft | 180 ft | Grass | - | - | - |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 2,582 ft | 200 ft | Grass | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Stanton Airfield (SYN), Stanton Airfield'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 76% at 10 PM Thursday to 100% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 42F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the west at 2 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- 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 300 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.79 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 2 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.79in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 12
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Stanton Airfield: 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 Stanton Airfield, 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
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/919 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cannon Falls US-52 Mile Post 90MN042
Beside a road/9.1 mi away/1,214 ft/294 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Zumbrota [CCOOP]ZBRM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.2 mi away/965 ft/45 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dennison 2.0 NNEMN-GH-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/958 ft/38 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Farmington CwsuZMPM5
At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/909 ft/11 ft below 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 Stanton Airfield
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Randolphcity, 4 mi
- Dennisoncity, 5 mi
- Cannon Fallscity, 6 mi
- Northfieldcity, 7 mi
- Hamptoncity, 9 mi
- Nerstrandcity, 10 mi
- Dundascity, 10 mi
- New Triercity, 10 mi
- Miesvillecity, 13 mi
- Vermillioncity, 14 mi
- Kenyoncity, 14 mi
- Farmingtoncity, 15 mi
Airports near Stanton Airfield
- Airlake AirportLVN, 15 mi
- Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus FieldFBL, 18 mi
- South St Paul Municipal Airport/Richard E Fleming FieldSGS, 26 mi
- Owatonna Degner Regional AirportOWA, 27 mi
- Red Wing Regional AirportRGK, 27 mi
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport / Wold-Chamberlain FieldMSP, 30 mi
- Saint Paul Downtown Holman FieldSTP, 32 mi
- Flying Cloud AirportFCM, 33 mi