At an airfield/1.3 mi away/820 ft/121 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minnesota
National 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.
47°
53°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 44°·Light breeze 6 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Mississippi National River and Recreation Area until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is 47° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under 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 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%). Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
76%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
47feels44
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
5344
95%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
5242
90%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6543
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6645
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6945
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7251
17%
47°
53°44°
52°42°
58°33°
65°43°
66°45°
69°45°
72°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 10 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good6.2 mi
- Ozone10Good14 ppb13.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good15.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.9 ppb13.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb14.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm13.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 28FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
0.72 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.72in
- Last 3 days
- 0.75in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 96%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- National River
- Area
- 84 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 699 ft
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.8740° N
- Longitude
- 93.0193° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MN-110 and I-494 MN-10 Mile Post 5MN090
Beside a road/2.9 mi away/996 ft/297 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW3319CW3319
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,019 ft/320 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Minnehaha Creek At Hiawatha Ave. In Minneapolis05289800
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.9 mi away/791 ft/92 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Saint Paul 1.5 SSEMN-DK-238
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/823 ft/124 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MaplewoodMWDM5
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/909 ft/210 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Minnesota
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Newportcity, 1 mi
- South St. Paulcity, 2 mi
- Inver Grove Heightscity, 3 mi
- St. Paul Parkcity, 3 mi
- Sunfish Lakecity, 4 mi
- West St. Paulcity, 4 mi
- Cottage Grovecity, 5 mi
- Woodburycity, 5 mi
- Mendota Heightscity, 5 mi
- Landfallcity, 6 mi
- Lilydalecity, 6 mi
- Saint Paulcity, 6 mi