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Le Sueur, Minnesota

City in Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Le Sueur

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 17 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Le Sueur

0.71 in in the last 24 hours, 0.88 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.71in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

How far you can see at Le Sueur, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Le Sueur, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MankatoMKT

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,020 ft/187 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank484of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Le Sueur 1.4 SSWMN-LS-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/831 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

St Peter 2 SWSPTM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/850 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mankato, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Le Sueur, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Mankato, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKTFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANKATOSECTION, 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 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEMankato, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKT-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 43.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Mankato: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKTFIG. B THE AIR AT MANKATOTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.0 F, 43.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEMankato, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mankato, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 15 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 MKTFIG. C THE WIND AT MANKATOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMankato, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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