In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,225 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Lake Kohlmeier Beach until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lake Kohlmeier Beach is 47° and overcast at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 1 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Lake Kohlmeier Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 40 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
0.78 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Lake Kohlmeier Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,225 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
OwatonnaOWA
At an airfield/3.7 mi away/1,148 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Albert Lea I-35 Mile Post 30MN096
Beside a road/10.5 mi away/1,193 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Morristown - Cannon RiverMRTM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/1,005 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Owatonna 0.2 WSWMN-SE-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,171 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OwatonnaOWAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/1,138 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Owatonna (OWAM5), 2.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. 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.