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Belle Plaine, Minnesota

City in Scott County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Belle Plaine

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 26 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good16.9 mi
  • Ozone8Good10 ppb16.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm24.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Belle Plaine

0.63 in in the last 24 hours, 0.66 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.63in
Last 3 days
0.66in

Visibility

How far you can see at Belle Plaine, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Belle Plaine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GlencoeGYL

At an airfield/18.3 mi away/991 ft/131 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank512of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Belle Plaine 0.2 NWMN-SC-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/863 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Jordan 1SWJORM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/896 ft/36 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank380of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Glencoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.3 mi from Belle Plaine, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Glencoe, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLENCOESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGlencoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.5 F with a dew point of 43.7 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Glencoe: temperature 45.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.7, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. B THE AIR AT GLENCOETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.5 F, 43.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEGlencoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glencoe, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. C THE WIND AT GLENCOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlencoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Jordan 1SW (JORM5), 6.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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