Citizen station FW5890FW5890
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/941 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sand Point Beach, Minnesota
Beach in Scott County, Minnesota* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning. * 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°
52°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Light breeze 8 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Sand Point Beach until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sand Point Beach is 45° and overcast at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 8 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° 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 6:28 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
25Air quality
82%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
45feels41
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5242
82%
19mph
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%
45°
52°42°
58°33°
64°43°
65°45°
69°45°
72°51°
72°55°
As of 1:00 AM in Sand Point Beach, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Sand Point Beach
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 8 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good6.1 mi
- Ozone12Good12 ppb6.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-19.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.9 ppb17.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb17.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm6.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- 28TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sand Point Beach
0.61 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.61in
- Last 3 days
- 0.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 94%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sand Point Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Scott County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.7396° N
- Longitude
- 93.4064° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sand Point Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/6.5 mi away/888 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Burnsville I-35W Mile Post 4MN086
Beside a road/7.0 mi away/792 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Minnesota River Near Jordan05330000
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.0 mi away/690 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Prior Lake 1.1 NNEMN-SC-115
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/951 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Chanhassen WsfoMPXM5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/938 ft/- ft from 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 Chanhassen Wsfo (MPXM5), 10.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sand Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Prior Lakecity, 2 mi
- Savagecity, 2 mi
- Credit Rivercity, 5 mi
- Shakopeecity, 6 mi
- Buck Hillski area, 6 mi
- Burnsvillecity, 7 mi
- Bloomingtoncity, 8 mi
- Eden Prairiecity, 8 mi
- Lakevillecity, 9 mi
- Apple Valleycity, 10 mi
- Edinacity, 11 mi
- Chaskacity, 11 mi