Temperature
45 F at 11 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 43F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dodge Center Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Dodge County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures ranging from the mid-20s to lower 30s. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central, north central, southwest, 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.
44°
49°/39°
Overcast·
Feels like 36°·Fresh breeze 20 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Dodge Center Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dodge Center Airport is 44° and overcast at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 20 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:10 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 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
17Air quality
78%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
44feels36
20mph
Today
Oct 16
4939
47%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5531
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6140
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6342
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6643
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6847
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7052
11%
44°
49°39°
55°31°
61°40°
63°42°
66°43°
68°47°
70°52°
As of 11:00 AM in Dodge Center Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Dodge Center Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 19 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good19 mi
- Ozone17Good21 ppb19 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- 23TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dodge Center Airport
0.81 in in the last 24 hours, 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.81in
- Last 3 days
- 0.96in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 84%
Visibility
How far you can see at Dodge Center Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TOB
- ICAO
- KTOB
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,305 ft
- Serves
- Dodge Center
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TOB
- Wind now
- From 360° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,383 ft | 200 ft | Grass | 45° / 225° | 13 mph head, on 04 | 13 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 4,500 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 166° / 346° | 17 mph head, on 34 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dodge Center (TOB), Dodge Center Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 11 AM to 100% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
24 mph from the north at 11 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 37 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 24mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.34 inHg at 11 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.34inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.10inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 8 AM
- 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 500 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.61 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.15 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.61in
- Wettest hour
- 0.15in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 19
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Dodge Center: 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 Dodge Center 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
Dodge CenterTOB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,306 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Byron US-14 Mile Post 200MN029
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/1,283 ft/22 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Zumbrota [CCOOP]ZBRM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.1 mi away/965 ft/340 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dodge Center 1.8 ESEMN-DD-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,291 ft/14 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Rochester AP 2NERSRM5
At a cooperative observer's station/18.8 mi away/1,243 ft/62 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 Rochester AP 2NE (RSRM5), 18.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Dodge Center Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dodge Centercity, 2 mi
- Kassoncity, 4 mi
- Mantorvillecity, 5 mi
- Claremontcity, 8 mi
- Hayfieldcity, 9 mi
- Byroncity, 10 mi
- West Concordcity, 10 mi
- Walthamcity, 14 mi
- Sargeantcity, 15 mi
- Blooming Prairiecity, 15 mi
- Pine Islandcity, 16 mi
- Oronococity, 17 mi
Airports near Dodge Center Airport
- Rochester International AirportRST, 18 mi
- Owatonna Degner Regional AirportOWA, 23 mi
- Austin Municipal AirportAUM, 25 mi
- Faribault Municipal Airport-Liz Wall Strohfus FieldFBL, 32 mi
- Stanton AirfieldSYN, 33 mi
- Albert Lea Municipal AirportAEL, 35 mi
- Waseca Municipal AirportACQ, 36 mi
- Fillmore County AirportFKA, 40 mi