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Grand Meadow, Minnesota

City in Mower County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Grand Meadow

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 21 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good20.6 mi
  • Ozone17Good20 ppb20.6 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grand Meadow

0.89 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.89in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Grand Meadow, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Grand Meadow, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RochesterRST

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/1,322 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank566of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Grand MeadowGMDM5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/1,332 ft/21 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,629of 1,965

Grand Meadow 0.4 EMN-MW-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,331 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rochester, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Grand Meadow, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,800 ft, overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Rochester, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSTFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCHESTERSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLERochester, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RST-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Rochester: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSTFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCHESTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLERochester, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RST-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rochester, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSTFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCHESTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERochester, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RST-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Grand Meadow (GMDM5), 0.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Grand Meadow

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

Near Grand Meadow

River and lake gauges