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Hayfield, Minnesota

City in Dodge County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Hayfield

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 21 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good20.7 mi
  • Ozone24Good29 ppb20.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hayfield

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, 0.99 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.99in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hayfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Dodge CenterTOB

At an airfield/8.9 mi away/1,306 ft/17 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Dodge Center, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Hayfield, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dodge Center, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOBFIG. A THE SKY OVER DODGE CENTERSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDodge Center, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TOBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dodge Center: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOBFIG. B THE AIR AT DODGE CENTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.2 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 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 POINTTITLEDodge Center, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dodge Center, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOBFIG. C THE WIND AT DODGE CENTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDodge Center, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Austin Waste Water Treatment Facility (ASTM5), 17.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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