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Cologne, Minnesota

City in Carver County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Cologne

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 27 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good13.7 mi
  • Ozone10Good13 ppb13.7 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 Cologne

0.75 in in the last 24 hours, 0.82 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.75in
Last 3 days
0.82in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cologne, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GlencoeGYL

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/991 ft/54 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank512of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Cologne 2.1 WMN-CV-119

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/981 ft/44 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Jordan 1SWJORM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/896 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank380of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Glencoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Cologne, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,600 ft, broken at 4,600 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Glencoe, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLENCOESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGlencoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.3 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Glencoe: temperature 47.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. B THE AIR AT GLENCOETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 47.3 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 4.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEGlencoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Glencoe, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYLFIG. C THE WIND AT GLENCOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlencoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Jordan 1SW (JORM5), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Cologne

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Cologne

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