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Minnesota Lake, Minnesota

City in Faribault County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Minnesota Lake

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, South Central Minnesota (MN), 32 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

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 Minnesota Lake

1.15 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
1.15in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Minnesota Lake, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Minnesota Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Minnesota Lake 0.9 NNWMN-BU-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,059 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WellsWELM5

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/1,132 ft/84 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waseca (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.2 mi from Minnesota Lake, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waseca (AWOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACQFIG. A THE SKY OVER WASECA (AWOS)SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaseca (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

44.6 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Waseca (AWOS): temperature 44.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACQFIG. B THE AIR AT WASECA (AWOS)THE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 44.6 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEWaseca (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waseca (AWOS), north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACQFIG. C THE WIND AT WASECA (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaseca (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Waseca (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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