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Clearwater, Minnesota

City in Wright County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Clearwater

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 11 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good11.1 mi
  • Ozone14Good15 ppb11.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clearwater

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clearwater, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Clearwater, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

St. CloudSTC

At an airfield/9.6 mi away/1,030 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank439of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Clearwater 0.3 SEMN-WR-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/993 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Kimball 3NKIMM5

At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/1,138 ft/129 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank195of 1,965

Station report

The weather at St. Cloud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Clearwater, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. Cloud, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. CLOUDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESt. Cloud, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STC-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 41.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Cloud: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 80 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. CLOUDTHE 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 39.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLESt. Cloud, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Cloud, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. CLOUDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. Cloud, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kimball 3N (KIMM5), 12.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

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