Citizen station DW7572DW7572
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/1,002 ft/84 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Courtland until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 8 degrees warmer: a high of 61° after 53° today.
Now. Courtland is 44° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 20 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:15 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Courtland, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.76 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Courtland, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Courtland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
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Citizen station DW7572DW7572
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/1,002 ft/84 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
New Ulm MuniULM
At an airfield/8.5 mi away/1,010 ft/92 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.1 mi away/924 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Madelia US-60 Mile Post 86MN045
Beside a road/13.2 mi away/995 ft/77 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Courtland 0.3 SWMN-NC-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/925 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
North MankatoNMAM5
At a cooperative observer's station/16.5 mi away/1,004 ft/86 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Courtland, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
46.4 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.
From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.
The full report of New Ulm Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at North Mankato (NMAM5), 16.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.