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Foley, Minnesota

City in Benton County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Foley

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 13 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good13.2 mi
  • Ozone14Good11 ppb13.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Foley

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Foley, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Foley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

St. CloudSTC

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/1,030 ft/104 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank526of 2,026

measured daily2 instruments

Foley 0.3 NNWMN-BN-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,146 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SantiagoSATM5

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/1,017 ft/117 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at St. Cloud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Foley, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 PM 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 St. Cloud, 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 STCFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. CLOUDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESt. Cloud, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-STC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at St. Cloud: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. CLOUDTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.3 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 3.0 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 POINTTITLESt. Cloud, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-STC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Cloud, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STCFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. CLOUDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. Cloud, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-STC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of St. Cloud, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Santiago (SATM5), 10.9 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Foley

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

Near Foley

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