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Foreston, Minnesota

City in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Foreston

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 24 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good23.9 mi
  • Ozone19Good19 ppb23.9 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Foreston

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Foreston, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Foreston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Foreston 1.7 SSEMN-ML-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/1,058 ft/34 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MilacaMLCM5

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,043 ft/49 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank193of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Princeton Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.9 mi from Foreston, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Princeton Muni, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNMFIG. A THE SKY OVER PRINCETON 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPrinceton Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PNMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Princeton Muni: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNMFIG. B THE AIR AT PRINCETON 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEPrinceton Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Princeton Muni, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNMFIG. C THE WIND AT PRINCETON MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPrinceton Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PNM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Milaca (MLCM5), 2.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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