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Fairfax, Minnesota

City in Renville County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Fairfax

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 36 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairfax

0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.39in
Last 3 days
0.49in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fairfax, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairfax, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sleepy Eye 6.8 NMN-BW-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.9 mi away/997 ft/40 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Brownton WWTPBWNM5

At a water treatment plant/23.5 mi away/1,024 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at New Ulm Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from Fairfax, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Ulm Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ULMFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW ULM 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 SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Ulm Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ULMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ULM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at New Ulm Muni: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ULMFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW ULM 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLENew Ulm Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ULMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ULM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at New Ulm Muni, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ULMFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW ULM MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Ulm Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ULMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ULM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Brownton WWTP (BWNM5), 23.5 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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