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Mendota Heights, Minnesota

City in Dakota County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Mendota Heights

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 5 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good6.7 mi
  • Ozone10Good14 ppb8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good10.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.9 ppb8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb9.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mendota Heights

0.78 in in the last 24 hours, 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.78in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mendota Heights, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mendota Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

St. PaulSTP

At an airfield/4.5 mi away/719 ft/114 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Mendota Heights 0.7 ENEMN-DK-287

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/875 ft/42 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at St. Paul, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Mendota Heights, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. Paul, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STPFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. PAULSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESt. Paul, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Paul: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STPFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. PAULTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLESt. Paul, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Paul, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 14 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 STPFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. PAULPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. Paul, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Univ Of Minn St Paul (UMNM5), 7.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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Near Mendota Heights

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

Near Mendota Heights

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