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Barry, Minnesota

City in Big Stone County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Barry

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 53 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Barry

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.34in

Visibility

How far you can see at Barry, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Barry, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Graceville 0.1 ENEMN-BS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/1,114 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Browns ValleyBRVM5

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/1,115 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wheaton Ndb, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from Barry, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:13 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,300 ft, broken at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wheaton Ndb, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETHFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHEATON NDBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWheaton Ndb, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ETHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheaton Ndb: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETHFIG. B THE AIR AT WHEATON NDBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEWheaton Ndb, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheaton Ndb, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETHFIG. C THE WIND AT WHEATON NDBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWheaton Ndb, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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