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At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/795 ft/116 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota
National Wild and Scenic River in Washington 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.
44°
53°/40°
Light rain·
Feels like 41°·Light breeze 6 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 62% around 4 AM.
Now. Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway is 44° and light rain at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 4 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 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:04 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 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
44feels41
23%
Today
Oct 16
5340
89%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5932
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6541
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6643
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7042
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7250
18%
Thu
Oct 22
7254
22%
44°
53°40°
59°32°
65°41°
66°43°
70°42°
72°50°
72°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 26 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good23.6 mi
- Ozone18Good18 ppb5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good23.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.1 ppb23.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb23.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 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 Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
0.71 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.71in
- Last 3 days
- 0.71in
Visibility
How far you can see at Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- National Wild and Scenic River
- Area
- 18 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 679 ft
- Also in
- Wisconsin
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 45.2371° N
- Longitude
- 92.7539° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW8344DW8344
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/927 ft/248 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/933 ft/254 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Little Canada I-694 Mile Post 46MN088
Beside a road/21.5 mi away/936 ft/257 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Marine on Saint Croix 2.6 NNEMN-WG-151
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/803 ft/124 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Forest Lake 5NEFORM5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/948 ft/269 ft above 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 Forest Lake 5NE (FORM5), 10.5 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Marine on St. Croixcity, 3 mi
- Scandiacity, 4 mi
- Shafercity, 11 mi
- Chisago Citycity, 11 mi
- Forest Lakecity, 11 mi
- Lindstromcity, 11 mi
- Center Citycity, 11 mi
- Wyomingcity, 13 mi
- Hugocity, 13 mi
- Taylors Fallscity, 13 mi
- Stillwatercity, 13 mi
- Grantcity, 13 mi