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Kingston, Minnesota

City in Meeker County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Kingston

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 26 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kingston

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kingston, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Kingston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

LitchfieldLJF

At an airfield/11.8 mi away/1,142 ft/116 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank450of 1,965

LitchfieldLFSM5

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.8 mi away/1,145 ft/119 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank486of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Dassel 5.6 NNEMN-MK-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,026 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Kimball 3NKIMM5

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/1,138 ft/112 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank195of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Litchfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.8 mi from Kingston, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 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 Litchfield, 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 LJFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LITCHFIELDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELitchfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LJF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 28.4 F, 40 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Litchfield: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.4, 40 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. B THE AIR AT LITCHFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.6 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 28.4 FSPREAD 23.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 40 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 POINTTITLELitchfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LJF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Litchfield, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LJFFIG. C THE WIND AT LITCHFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELitchfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LJFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LJF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kimball 3N (KIMM5), 10.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Kingston

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Kingston

River and lake gauges