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Ghent, Minnesota

City in Lyon County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Ghent

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 23 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good4.5 mi
  • Ozone20Good23 ppb4.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good4.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ghent

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ghent, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ghent 0.2 NNEMN-LY-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/1,167 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DiversionMMLM5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/1,142 ft/22 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank194of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Marshall/Ryan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Ghent, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marshall/Ryan, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMLFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARSHALL/RYANSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMarshall/Ryan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MMLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MML-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Marshall/Ryan: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMLFIG. B THE AIR AT MARSHALL/RYANTHE 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 F50 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 43.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEMarshall/Ryan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MML-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marshall/Ryan, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMLFIG. C THE WIND AT MARSHALL/RYANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarshall/Ryan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MML-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Marshall/Ryan, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Diversion (MMLM5), 5.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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