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Lake Wilson, Minnesota

City in Murray County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Lake Wilson

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 48 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Wilson

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Wilson, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Wilson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SlaytonDVP

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/1,624 ft/38 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank647of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Lake WilsonLKWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/1,647 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Chandler 2.8 WNWMN-MY-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/1,798 ft/136 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Slayton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Lake Wilson, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:33 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Slayton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. A THE SKY OVER SLAYTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 2,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESlayton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVP-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 37.2 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Slayton: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.2, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. B THE AIR AT SLAYTONTHE 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 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 45.0 FDEW POINT 37.2 FSPREAD 7.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLESlayton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Slayton, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVPFIG. C THE WIND AT SLAYTONPLAN, 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 BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESlayton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Lake Wilson

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