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Hanley Falls, Minnesota

City in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Hanley Falls

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 5 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good19.3 mi
  • Ozone17Good17 ppb19.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good19.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hanley Falls

0.25 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hanley Falls, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hanley Falls, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Granite Falls 6.2 SSWMN-YM-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/1,061 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Granite FallsGRTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/1,053 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Granite Falls, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Hanley Falls, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Granite Falls, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDBFIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANITE FALLSSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGranite Falls, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDB-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 43.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Granite Falls: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDBFIG. B THE AIR AT GRANITE FALLSTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEGranite Falls, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Granite Falls, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDBFIG. C THE WIND AT GRANITE FALLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGranite Falls, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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