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Cedar Mills, Minnesota

City in Meeker County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Cedar Mills

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 46 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 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cedar Mills

0.48 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.48in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cedar Mills, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cedar Mills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/1,145 ft/47 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank486of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

LitchfieldLCHM5

At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/1,125 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,380of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Litchfield, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.9 mi from Cedar Mills, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:11 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 39.8 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Litchfield: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.8, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFSM5FIG. B THE AIR AT LITCHFIELDTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.5 FTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 39.8 FSPREAD 6.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLELitchfield, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LFSM5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LFSM5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (293 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Litchfield, north up: blowing from 293 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFSM5FIG. C THE WIND AT LITCHFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 293°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELitchfield, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LFSM5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LFSM5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,145 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.70 inHg and the temperature at 54.9 F; it reports 46.0 F, 8.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Litchfield stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,145 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.70 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LFSM5FIG. D WHERE LITCHFIELD 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 ATMOSPHERELITCHFIELD4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,145 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 HERE28.70 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED46.0 FTITLELitchfield, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LFSM5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LFSM5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Litchfield, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Litchfield (LCHM5), 12.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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