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Clinton, Minnesota

City in Big Stone County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Clinton

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Watertown (SD), 51 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clinton

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Clinton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OrtonvilleVVV

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/1,099 ft/61 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank589of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Graceville 0.1 ENEMN-BS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/1,114 ft/46 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Ortonville 1NORVM5

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/1,089 ft/71 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Ortonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Clinton, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ortonville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VVVFIG. A THE SKY OVER ORTONVILLESECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOrtonville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VVVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VVV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

42.8 F with a dew point of 39.2 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 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Ortonville: temperature 42.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 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 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VVVFIG. B THE AIR AT ORTONVILLETHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 42.8 FDEW POINT 39.2 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 POINTTITLEOrtonville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VVVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VVV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 41 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ortonville, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 41; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VVVFIG. C THE WIND AT ORTONVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE39GUST, 41 MPH9STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOrtonville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VVVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VVV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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