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Brownton, Minnesota

City in McLeod County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Brownton

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 35 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 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brownton

0.40 in in the last 24 hours, 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.40in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brownton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/25.1 mi away/1,145 ft/115 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank486of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Brownton 0.2 SSEMN-MC-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,029 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Brownton WWTPBWNM5

At a water treatment plant/0.4 mi away/1,024 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW9341, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.8 mi from Brownton, Minnesota. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west northwest (295 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 7 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW9341, north up: blowing from 295 degrees, the west northwest, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 7; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW9341FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW9341PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 295°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW9341, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW9341TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW9341-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,006 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.85 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.06 inHg means its barometer reads 28.98 inHg; it reports 45.0 F, 10.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW9341 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,006 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.85 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.06 and the station pressure it means, 28.98.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW9341FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW9341 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW93414 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,006 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.85 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.06 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.98 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED45.0 FTITLECitizen station FW9341, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW9341TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW9341-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 36 degrees above the horizon at 44.74 N, and the day is 10 h 47 min long. Level ground there takes 59 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW9341, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 36 degrees above the horizon, against 69 at the June solstice, 45 at the equinoxes and 22 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 47 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW9341FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW9341ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 69°EQUINOXES 45°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 22°OCT 16, 36°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 47 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 59 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 44.74 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW9341, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW9341TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW9341-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW9341, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Brownton WWTP (BWNM5), 0.4 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Brownton

River and lake gauges