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Brownsdale, Minnesota

City in Mower County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Brownsdale

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 27 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brownsdale

1.30 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 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 Brownsdale, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brownsdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Austin Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Brownsdale, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Austin Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUSTIN 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEAustin Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

45.7 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Austin Muni: temperature 45.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. B THE AIR AT AUSTIN 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.7 F, 45.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEAustin Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Austin Muni, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. C THE WIND AT AUSTIN MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAustin Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Austin Waste Water Treatment Facility (ASTM5), 7.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Brownsdale

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

Near Brownsdale

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