Temperature
46 F at 4 AM; 51 F at its warmest, 6 PM Thursday, and 45 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 46F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 51F
- 6 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 45F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
New Ulm Municipal Airport, Minnesota
Small airport in Brown 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.
46°
53°/41°
Light rain·
Feels like 38°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for New Ulm Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 53° today.
Now. New Ulm Municipal Airport is 46° and light rain at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 2 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 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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
18Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
46feels38
37%
19mph
Today
Oct 16
5341
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6132
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6642
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6642
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7044
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7350
10%
Thu
Oct 22
7354
11%
46°
53°41°
61°32°
66°42°
66°42°
70°44°
73°50°
73°54°
As of 4:00 AM in New Ulm Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at New Ulm Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 21 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone10Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Ulm Municipal Airport
0.63 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.63in
- Last 3 days
- 0.94in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 67%
Visibility
How far you can see at New Ulm Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ULM
- ICAO
- KULM
- IATA
- ULM
- Field elevation
- 1,011 ft
- Serves
- New Ulm
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ULM
- Wind now
- From 310° at 20 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 unlit | 2,478 ft | 160 ft | Grass | 50° / 230° | 3 mph head, on 22 | 20 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 5,401 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 151° / 331° | 19 mph head, on 33 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from New Ulm Muni (ULM), New Ulm Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 8 PM Thursday to 93% at 9 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 71 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.18 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.18inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 11 AM 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 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
New Ulm Muni: 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 New Ulm Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
New Ulm MuniULM
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,010 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fairfax 5S - Fort RidgelyFRGM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.3 mi away/979 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Winthrop MN-19 Mile Post 108MN032
Beside a road/16.1 mi away/1,031 ft/20 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
New Ulm 1.0 NWMN-BW-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/898 ft/113 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GaylordGLDM5
At a cooperative observer's station/21.5 mi away/1,014 ft/3 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 New Ulm Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near New Ulm Municipal Airport
- St James Municipal AirportJYG, 23 mi
- Mankato Regional AirportMKT, 30 mi
- Redwood Falls Municipal AirportRWF, 33 mi
- Glencoe Municipal AirportGYL, 37 mi
- Hutchinson Municipal Butler FieldHCD, 38 mi
- Olivia Regional AirportOVL, 41 mi
- Windom Municipal AirportMWM, 41 mi
- Fairmont Municipal AirportFRM, 47 mi