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Freeport, Minnesota

City in Stearns County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Freeport

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 28 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Freeport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sun 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Freeport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Freeport 0.5 SMN-SR-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,240 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MelroseMLRM5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/1,198 ft/42 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,265of 2,026

Station report

The weather at Sauk Centre, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Freeport, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM 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 Sauk Centre, 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 D39FIG. A THE SKY OVER SAUK CENTRESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESauk Centre, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS D39TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-D39-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.3 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sauk Centre: temperature 34.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D39FIG. B THE AIR AT SAUK CENTRETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.4 FTEMPERATURE 34.3 FDEW POINT 27.0 FSPREAD 7.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLESauk Centre, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS D39TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-D39-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sauk Centre, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT D39FIG. C THE WIND AT SAUK CENTREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESauk Centre, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS D39TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-D39-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Melrose (MLRM5), 5.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Freeport

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

Near Freeport

River and lake gauges