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Medford, Minnesota

City in Steele County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Medford

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Southern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 37 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone8Good11 ppb23.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Medford

0.97 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.97in
Last 3 days
0.97in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Medford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OwatonnaOWA

At an airfield/3.5 mi away/1,148 ft/45 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank481of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Medford 0.6 NNEMN-SE-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,100 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OwatonnaOWAM5

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,138 ft/35 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank197of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Owatonna, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from Medford, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Owatonna, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWAFIG. A THE SKY OVER OWATONNASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEOwatonna, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.7 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Owatonna: temperature 43.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWAFIG. B THE AIR AT OWATONNATHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.7 F, 43.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEOwatonna, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Owatonna, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OWAFIG. C THE WIND AT OWATONNAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOwatonna, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OWATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OWA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Owatonna (OWAM5), 5.2 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 Medford

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

Near Medford

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