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Dakota, Minnesota

City in Winona County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Dakota

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Driftless Area North (WI), 20 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone13Good17 ppb11.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dakota

0.86 in in the last 24 hours, 0.88 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.86in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dakota, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dakota, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Donehower 2NBSPM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/1,194 ft/482 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank567of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Dakota 0.2 SSEMN-WN-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/696 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Winona Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.9 mi from Dakota, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,300 ft, scattered at 1,900 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Winona Muni, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ONAFIG. A THE SKY OVER WINONA MUNISECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWinona Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ONATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ONA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Winona Muni: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ONAFIG. B THE AIR AT WINONA MUNITHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 48.2 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEWinona Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ONATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ONA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Winona Muni, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ONAFIG. C THE WIND AT WINONA MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWinona Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ONATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ONA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Dakota

River and lake gauges