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Hardwick, Minnesota

City in Rock County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Hardwick

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 29 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hardwick

0.67 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.67in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hardwick, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LuverneLYV

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/1,430 ft/165 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank573of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Hardwick 3.4 ENEMN-RK-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,534 ft/61 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LuverneLUVM5

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/1,480 ft/115 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Luverne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Hardwick, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Luverne, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYVFIG. A THE SKY OVER LUVERNESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELuverne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LYVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Luverne: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYVFIG. B THE AIR AT LUVERNETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLELuverne, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LYVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Luverne, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LYVFIG. C THE WIND AT LUVERNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELuverne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LYVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LYV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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