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Lyle, Minnesota

City in Mower County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Lyle

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rochester Area (MN), 42 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lyle

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lyle, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

SatSun

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lyle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Austin MuniAUM

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/1,230 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 2,026

measured daily2 instruments

Austin 3 SASNM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/1,214 ft/18 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Austin Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Lyle, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Austin Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. A THE SKY OVER AUSTIN MUNISECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAustin Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AUM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

35.0 F with a dew point of 33.6 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Austin Muni: temperature 35.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.6, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. B THE AIR AT AUSTIN MUNITHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 35.0 F, 33.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEAustin Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AUM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Austin Muni, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AUMFIG. C THE WIND AT AUSTIN MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAustin Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AUMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AUM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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