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Dover, Minnesota

City in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Dover

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 16 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good16 mi
  • Ozone21Good23 ppb16 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dover

0.71 in in the last 24 hours, 0.96 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.71in
Last 3 days
0.96in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dover, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 1 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dover, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Eyota 2NEWIRM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/1,197 ft/28 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank803of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Saint Charles 0.8 WSWMN-WN-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,250 ft/81 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Altura 5WALTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/912 ft/257 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rochester / St Mary, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Dover, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,500 ft, broken at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rochester / St Mary, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9MNFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCHESTER / ST MARYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERochester / St Mary, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9MNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9MN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 32.4 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Rochester / St Mary: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.4, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9MNFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCHESTER / ST MARYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 32.4 FSPREAD 15.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLERochester / St Mary, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9MNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9MN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rochester / St Mary, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9MNFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCHESTER / ST MARYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERochester / St Mary, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9MNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9MN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rochester / St Mary, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Altura 5W (ALTM5), 7.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Dover

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

Near Dover

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