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Kimball, Minnesota

City in Stearns County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Kimball

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 18 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good18.4 mi
  • Ozone19Good22 ppb18.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kimball

0.11 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
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kimball, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Kimball, 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 now5 instruments

Maple LakeMGG

At an airfield/16.1 mi away/1,027 ft/144 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank430of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Kimball 3NKIMM5

At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/1,138 ft/33 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank195of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Maple Lake, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Kimball, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,900 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Maple Lake, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAPLE LAKESECTION, 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 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMaple Lake, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.3 F with a dew point of 36.5 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 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Maple Lake: temperature 47.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.5, 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 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. B THE AIR AT MAPLE LAKETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 47.3 FDEW POINT 36.5 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 POINTTITLEMaple Lake, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Maple Lake, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGGFIG. C THE WIND AT MAPLE LAKEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMaple Lake, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kimball 3N (KIMM5), 2.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

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