Citizen station GW1946GW1946
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/948 ft/262 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Minnesota
State Park in Rice 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°
52°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 12 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Nerstrand Big Woods State Park until 9 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Nerstrand Big Woods State Park is 47° and overcast at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 4 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 (80%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
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.
0UV Low
30Air quality
86%Humidity
92%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
47feels41
14%
12mph
Today
Oct 15
5241
97%
13mph
Fri
Oct 16
5036
80%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5629
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6338
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6441
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6840
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7248
18%
47°
52°41°
50°36°
56°29°
63°38°
64°41°
68°40°
72°48°
As of 9:00 PM in Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Minnesota.
Air quality
The air at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 27 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone17Good11 ppb11.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
- 28TodayOct 15
- 28FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
1.00 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.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 4.37 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,210 ft
- County
- Rice County
- State
- Minnesota
- Latitude
- 44.3271° N
- Longitude
- 93.1213° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Cannon River At Northfield05355024
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/9.4 mi away/1,056 ft/154 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/10.2 mi away/1,119 ft/91 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Faribault 5.8 ENEMN-RC-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/1,173 ft/37 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FaribaultFRBM5
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/1,050 ft/160 ft below 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.
Afton Alpsski areaBemidjicityBoundary WatersfeatureBrainerdcityBuck Hillski areaDuluthcityElycityGiants Ridgeski areaGrand MaraiscityHibbingcityInternational FallscityLutsen Mountainsski areaMinneapoliscityMoorheadcityNorth ShorefeatureRochestercitySaint PaulcitySpirit Mountainski areaSt CloudcityTwo HarborscityWelch Villageski areaWild Mountainski area
Near Nerstrand Big Woods State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nerstrandcity, 3 mi
- Dennisoncity, 7 mi
- Kenyoncity, 8 mi
- Faribaultcity, 8 mi
- Dundascity, 8 mi
- Northfieldcity, 9 mi
- Medfordcity, 12 mi
- Warsawcommunity, 14 mi
- Randolphcity, 15 mi
- West Concordcity, 16 mi
- Cannon Fallscity, 17 mi
- Wanamingocity, 17 mi