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Biscay, Minnesota

City in McLeod County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Biscay

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 41 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 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Biscay

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Biscay, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Biscay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.1 mi away/1,145 ft/121 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank486of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Glencoe 2.6 WNWMN-MC-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/1,034 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Brownton WWTPBWNM5

At a water treatment plant/7.3 mi away/1,024 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.4 mi from Biscay, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MN002FIG. A THE SKY OVER SILVER LAKE TH 7 MILE POST 1SECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESilver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS MN002TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MN002-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.6 F with a dew point of 39.4 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1: temperature 46.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.4, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MN002FIG. B THE AIR AT SILVER LAKE TH 7 MILE POST 1THE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.9 FTEMPERATURE 46.6 FDEW POINT 39.4 FSPREAD 7.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLESilver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MN002TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MN002-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 11 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 11 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MN002FIG. C THE WIND AT SILVER LAKE TH 7 MILE POST 1PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 11 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESilver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MN002TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MN002-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brownton WWTP (BWNM5), 7.3 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Biscay

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Biscay

River and lake gauges