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High Forest, Minnesota

Community in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at High Forest

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 11 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good11.2 mi
  • Ozone11Good12 ppb11.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at High Forest

1.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.05in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at High Forest, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest High Forest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RochesterRST

At an airfield/4.8 mi away/1,322 ft/89 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank566of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Rochester, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.8 mi from High Forest, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, broken at 1,600 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Rochester, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 7 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 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

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Rochester: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.0 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rochester, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 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 RSTFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCHESTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Rochester AP 2NE (RSRM5), 7.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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