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Canby, Minnesota

City in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Canby

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 35 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Canby

0.07 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
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Canby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CanbyCNB

At an airfield/1.2 mi away/1,191 ft/33 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank831of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

CanbyCANM5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,240 ft/16 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Canby 0.7 SMN-YM-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,237 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Canby, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.2 mi from Canby, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,400 ft, broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Canby, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNBFIG. A THE SKY OVER CANBYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECanby, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CNBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 39.6 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Canby: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.6, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNBFIG. B THE AIR AT CANBYTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 39.6 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLECanby, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Canby, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CNBFIG. C THE WIND AT CANBYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECanby, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CNBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CNB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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