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Circle Pines, Minnesota

City in Anoka County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Circle Pines

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 8 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good3.1 mi
  • Ozone16Good16 ppb3.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good3.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb3.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.9 ppb3.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm3.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Circle Pines

0.78 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
0.78in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

How far you can see at Circle Pines, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Circle Pines, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Circle Pines 0.9 NNWMN-AA-164

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/915 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ladnais LakeVADM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/879 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Minneapls/Blaine, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Circle Pines, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Minneapls/Blaine, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINNEAPLS/BLAINESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONOVC 3,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMinneapls/Blaine, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ANETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Minneapls/Blaine: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANEFIG. B THE AIR AT MINNEAPLS/BLAINETHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEMinneapls/Blaine, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Minneapls/Blaine, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANEFIG. C THE WIND AT MINNEAPLS/BLAINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinneapls/Blaine, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ANE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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