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Cold Spring, Minnesota

City in Stearns County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Cold Spring

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 16 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good15.7 mi
  • Ozone19Good17 ppb15.7 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cold Spring

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cold Spring, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Cold Spring, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cold Spring 0.4 SWMN-SR-93

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,129 ft/20 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Collegeville St JohnCLGM5

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/1,158 ft/49 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Paynesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.2 mi from Cold Spring, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:36 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Paynesville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PEXFIG. A THE SKY OVER PAYNESVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPaynesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PEXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PEX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 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 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Paynesville: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 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 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PEXFIG. B THE AIR AT PAYNESVILLETHE 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 40.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 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 POINTTITLEPaynesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PEXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PEX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Paynesville, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PEXFIG. C THE WIND AT PAYNESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPaynesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PEXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PEX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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