Citizen station EW8262EW8262
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/937 ft/24 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Lindstrom until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM (61%).
Now. Lindstrom is 45° and light rain at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:04 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Lindstrom, Minnesota.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 25 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.76 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lindstrom, MinnesotaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Lindstrom, 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
Citizen station EW8262EW8262
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/937 ft/24 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
William O'Brien Spring Near ScandiaWOBM5
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.8 mi away/795 ft/118 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rush City I-35 Mile Post 157MN004
Beside a road/19.1 mi away/923 ft/10 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rush CityROS
At an airfield/22.1 mi away/922 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lindstrom 0.8 ENEMN-CG-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/936 ft/23 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Forest Lake 5NEFORM5
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/948 ft/35 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 22.1 mi from Lindstrom, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 1,300 ft, broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
46.6 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.
The full report of Rush City, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Forest Lake 5NE (FORM5), 4.7 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.