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Lauderdale, Minnesota

City in Ramsey County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Lauderdale

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 3 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good3.2 mi
  • Ozone6Good11 ppb3.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.2 ppb3.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb3.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm3.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lauderdale

0.96 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.96in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lauderdale, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lauderdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MinneapolisMSP

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/869 ft/96 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Lauderdale 0.2 ENEMN-RM-206

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/964 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Minneapolis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Lauderdale, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Minneapolis, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSPFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINNEAPOLISSECTION, 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEMinneapolis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MSPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Minneapolis: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSPFIG. B THE AIR AT MINNEAPOLISTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMinneapolis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSP-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 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Minneapolis, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSPFIG. C THE WIND AT MINNEAPOLISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinneapolis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Univ Of Minn St Paul (UMNM5), 1.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Lauderdale

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

Near Lauderdale

River and lake gauges