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Delavan, Minnesota

City in Faribault County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Delavan

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 34 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Delavan

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Delavan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Winnebago 0.1 EMN-FT-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/1,109 ft/43 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WinnebagoWNNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/1,060 ft/6 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,003of 2,026

Station report

The weather at Fairmont Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.6 mi from Delavan, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:56 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 Fairmont Muni, 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 FRMFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAIRMONT 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 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 MORE0510TITLEFairmont Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FRM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

33.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fairmont Muni: temperature 33.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMFIG. B THE AIR AT FAIRMONT 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.1 FTEMPERATURE 33.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEFairmont Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FRM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fairmont Muni, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRMFIG. C THE WIND AT FAIRMONT MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFairmont Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FRM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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