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Elkton, Minnesota

City in Mower County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Elkton

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 27 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elkton

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elkton, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elkton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Grand MeadowGMDM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/1,332 ft/61 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,629of 1,965

Dexter 3.9 NMN-MW-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/1,321 ft/72 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Austin Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Elkton, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,500 ft, scattered at 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Austin Muni, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUSTIN 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAustin Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 41.5 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Austin Muni: temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.5, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. B THE AIR AT AUSTIN 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 41.5 FSPREAD 3.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEAustin Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Austin Muni, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. C THE WIND AT AUSTIN 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, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAustin Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AUM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Grand Meadow (GMDM5), 7.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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