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Leota, Minnesota

Community in Nobles County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Leota

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Sioux Falls (SD), 39 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Leota

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Leota, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SlaytonDVP

At an airfield/15.8 mi away/1,624 ft/100 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank647of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Leota 0.3 WSWMN-NB-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,735 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lake WilsonLKWM5

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/1,647 ft/77 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Slayton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Leota, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:33 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Slayton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, 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

40.6 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Slayton: temperature 40.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 40.6 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 4.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 northwest (330 degrees) at 30 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Slayton, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 30 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong 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 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG 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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