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Bellechester, Minnesota

City in Goodhue County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Bellechester

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 26 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bellechester

1.00 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Bellechester, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bellechester, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Red WingRGK

At an airfield/15.3 mi away/784 ft/333 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank570of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Lake CityLAKM5

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/719 ft/398 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Red Wing, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.3 mi from Bellechester, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Red Wing, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RGKFIG. A THE SKY OVER RED WINGSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERed Wing, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RGKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RGK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 41.0 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 3,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Red Wing: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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 3,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RGKFIG. B THE AIR AT RED WINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,100 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 POINTTITLERed Wing, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RGKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RGK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Red Wing, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RGKFIG. C THE WIND AT RED WINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERed Wing, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RGKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RGK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Red Wing, 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bellechester

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