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Brooten, Minnesota

City in Stearns County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Brooten

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 48 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brooten

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Brooten, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brooten, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GlenwoodGHW

At an airfield/13.7 mi away/1,394 ft/85 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank423of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Brooten 0.3 SMN-SR-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,302 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glenwood 1NGLWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/17.1 mi away/1,414 ft/105 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,841of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Glenwood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Brooten, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Glenwood, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GHWFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLENWOODSECTION, 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 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEGlenwood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GHWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GHW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Glenwood: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GHWFIG. B THE AIR AT GLENWOODTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 44.0 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEGlenwood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GHWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GHW-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 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glenwood, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GHWFIG. C THE WIND AT GLENWOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlenwood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GHWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GHW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Glenwood 1N (GLWM5), 17.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Brooten

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

Near Brooten

River and lake gauges