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Alden, Minnesota

City in Freeborn County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Alden

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 48 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alden

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Alden, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Alden, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Alden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Albert LeaAEL

At an airfield/10.5 mi away/1,257 ft/17 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank440of 1,965

GordonsvilleGDVM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.9 mi away/1,201 ft/73 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank757of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Wells 3.5 SEMN-FT-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/1,220 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WellsWELM5

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/1,132 ft/142 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Albert Lea, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from Alden, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albert Lea, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AELFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBERT LEASECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbert Lea, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AELTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AEL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

44.2 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Albert Lea: temperature 44.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AELFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBERT LEATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 44.2 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 4.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEAlbert Lea, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AELTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AEL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albert Lea, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AELFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBERT LEAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbert Lea, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AELTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AEL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Albert Lea, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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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 Alden

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