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Cosmos, Minnesota

City in Meeker County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Cosmos

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 44 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cosmos

None in the last 24 hours; 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.54in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cosmos, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sun 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cosmos, 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 now4 instruments

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.5 mi away/1,145 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank463of 2,026

LitchfieldLJF

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/1,142 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank494of 2,026

measured daily2 instruments

Cosmos 0.2 SMN-MK-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,113 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LitchfieldLCHM5

At a cooperative observer's station/15.5 mi away/1,125 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,408of 2,026

Station report

The weather at Litchfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Cosmos, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Litchfield, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITCHFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELitchfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LJF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

33.8 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Litchfield: temperature 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. B THE AIR AT LITCHFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.0 FTEMPERATURE 33.8 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLELitchfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LJF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Litchfield, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. C THE WIND AT LITCHFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELitchfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-LJF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Litchfield (LCHM5), 15.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Cosmos

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

Near Cosmos

River and lake gauges