In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,036 ft/99 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Elko New Market until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Elko New Market is 43° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:10 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 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Elko New Market, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
1.05 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Elko New Market, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Elko New Market, 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
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,036 ft/99 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Little Chicago I-35 Mile Post 70MN003
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/999 ft/136 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/6.9 mi away/961 ft/174 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cannon River At Northfield05355024
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Market 0.7 SEMN-SC-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,142 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Farmington CwsuZMPM5
At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/909 ft/226 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.9 mi from Elko New Market, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
44.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Mnpls/Airlake, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.