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Hutchinson, Minnesota

City in McLeod County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Hutchinson

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 46 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hutchinson

0.49 in in the last 24 hours, 0.51 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.49in
Last 3 days
0.51in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hutchinson, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hutchinson, 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

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.7 mi away/1,145 ft/76 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank486of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Hutchinson 0.4 WMN-MC-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,082 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Brownton WWTPBWNM5

At a water treatment plant/10.8 mi away/1,024 ft/45 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.8 mi from Hutchinson, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MN002FIG. A THE SKY OVER SILVER LAKE TH 7 MILE POST 1SECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESilver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS MN002TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MN002-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

45.7 F with a dew point of 36.8 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1: temperature 45.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.8, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MN002FIG. B THE AIR AT SILVER LAKE TH 7 MILE POST 1THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.9 FTEMPERATURE 45.7 FDEW POINT 36.8 FSPREAD 8.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLESilver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MN002TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MN002-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (355 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 34 mph.

Plan of the wind at Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, north up: blowing from 355 degrees, the north, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MN002FIG. C THE WIND AT SILVER LAKE TH 7 MILE POST 1PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 355°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESilver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MN002TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MN002-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of Silver Lake TH 7 Mile Post 1, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Brownton WWTP (BWNM5), 10.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Hutchinson

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Near Hutchinson

River and lake gauges