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Montevideo, Minnesota

City in Chippewa County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Montevideo

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southwestern Minnesota (MN), 16 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Montevideo

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Montevideo, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Montevideo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Montevideo 0.6 SEMN-CP-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1,037 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Watson 1 NEWTSM5

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/1,070 ft/46 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Montevideo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.5 mi from Montevideo, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Montevideo, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MVEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONTEVIDEOSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMontevideo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MVETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Montevideo: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MVEFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTEVIDEOTHE 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 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEMontevideo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MVETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Montevideo, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 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 MVEFIG. C THE WIND AT MONTEVIDEOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMontevideo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MVETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MVE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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