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Medina, Minnesota

City in Hennepin County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Medina

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northern Twin Cities Metro (MN), 17 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good13 mi
  • Ozone18Good19 ppb13.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good13 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.9 ppb14.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb13.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm13.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Medina

0.64 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.64in
Last 3 days
0.64in

Visibility

How far you can see at Medina, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Medina, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Long Lake 3.4 NNEMN-HN-745

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/1,005 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

New HopeNHPM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/912 ft/80 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,612of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Minneapolis - Crystal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Medina, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Minneapolis - Crystal, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MICFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINNEAPOLIS - CRYSTALSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMinneapolis - Crystal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MICTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MIC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Minneapolis - Crystal: temperature 46.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MICFIG. B THE AIR AT MINNEAPOLIS - CRYSTALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 46.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEMinneapolis - Crystal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MICTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MIC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Minneapolis - Crystal, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MICFIG. C THE WIND AT MINNEAPOLIS - CRYSTALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinneapolis - Crystal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MICTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MIC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at New Hope (NHPM5), 8.4 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Medina

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

Near Medina

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