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Monticello, Minnesota

City in Wright County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Monticello

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, St. Cloud Area (MN), 24 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good8.1 mi
  • Ozone14Good14 ppb8.1 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Monticello

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Monticello, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Monticello, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

BuffaloCFE

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/968 ft/11 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank436of 1,965

measured daily2 instruments

Monticello 1.4 EMN-WR-58

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/912 ft/45 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elk RiverELKM5

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/892 ft/65 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,261of 1,965

Station report

The weather at Buffalo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Monticello, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Buffalo, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFEFIG. A THE SKY OVER BUFFALOSECTION, 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 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBuffalo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFE-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 Buffalo: 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 CFEFIG. B THE AIR AT BUFFALOTHE 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 POINTTITLEBuffalo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Buffalo, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CFEFIG. C THE WIND AT BUFFALOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBuffalo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CFETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CFE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Monticello

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Near Monticello

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