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Mound, Minnesota

City in Hennepin County, Minnesota

Air quality

The air at Mound

Index 69, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Twin Cities (MN), 23 miles off.

69Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)69Moderate12.7 mi
  • Ozone7Good11 ppb12.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good19.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide23Good24.9 ppb19.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb19.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm19.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mound

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.76in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mound, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Mound, 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 now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Mound 0.3 NMN-HN-202

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/956 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Minneapolis - Flying Cloud, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from Mound, Minnesota. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Minneapolis - Flying Cloud, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCMFIG. A THE SKY OVER MINNEAPOLIS - FLYING CLOUDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMinneapolis - Flying Cloud, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FCMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FCM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

40.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Minneapolis - Flying Cloud: temperature 40.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCMFIG. B THE AIR AT MINNEAPOLIS - FLYING CLOUDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.3 FTEMPERATURE 40.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 - Flying Cloud, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FCMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FCM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Minneapolis - Flying Cloud, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCMFIG. C THE WIND AT MINNEAPOLIS - FLYING CLOUDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMinneapolis - Flying Cloud, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FCMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FCM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Chanhassen Wsfo (MPXM5), 7.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Minnesota

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

Near Mound

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Near Mound

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