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Hampton, Minnesota

City in Dakota County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Hampton

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 14 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good14.6 mi
  • Ozone13Good18 ppb9.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0 ppb15.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm15.5 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hampton

1.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.10in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hampton, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hampton, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hampton 0.3 SEMN-DK-162

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/990 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Farmington CwsuZMPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/909 ft/77 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Stanton Airfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Hampton, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Stanton Airfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYNFIG. A THE SKY OVER STANTON AIRFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEStanton Airfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SYNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.5 F with a dew point of 40.3 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Stanton Airfield: temperature 47.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.3, 76 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYNFIG. B THE AIR AT STANTON AIRFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 47.5 FDEW POINT 40.3 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEStanton Airfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SYNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Stanton Airfield, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SYNFIG. C THE WIND AT STANTON AIRFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEStanton Airfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SYNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SYN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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