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Blue Earth, Minnesota

City in Faribault County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Blue Earth

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 43 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blue Earth

1.30 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.30in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blue Earth, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blue Earth, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Blue Earth 0.6 ESEMN-FT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,093 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fairmont Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Blue Earth, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:12 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,700 ft, scattered at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fairmont Muni, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAIRMONT MUNISECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFairmont Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Fairmont Muni: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMFIG. B THE AIR AT FAIRMONT MUNITHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEFairmont Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fairmont Muni, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMFIG. C THE WIND AT FAIRMONT MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFairmont Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Blue Earth Downtown (BTHM5), 0.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Blue Earth

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